Family :
Flora of Nilgiri Biosphere (Northern Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve)
Oleaceae
Leaf arrangement
Opposite decussate
Leaf Type
Simple
Leaf Shape
Elliptic, Oblong
Leaf Apex
Acute
Leaf Base
Attenuate
Leaf Margin
Entire
Habit : A climbing shrub.
Habitat and Distribution : Foothills to 900m, on thickets. Peninsular India.
Indigenous Information : The tender leaves are cooked and eaten to improve digestion.
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Names:
Irula : Kattumalli
Flower:
In axillary and terminal dichasial cymes, white. Flowering from March-May.Fruit :
A berry, obovoid-ellipsoid, dark purple when ripe. Seed 1, oblong-globose. Fruiting May onwards.
