Family :
Celastraceae
Flora of Nilgiri Biosphere (Northern Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve)
Leaf arrangement
Alternate distichous
Leaf Type
Simple
Leaf Shape
Oblanceolate, Obovate
Leaf Apex
Emarginate
Leaf Base
Attenuate
Leaf Margin
Serrate
Habit : A densely branched armed shrub.
Habitat and Distribution : Common from the coast, in scrub jungle, upto 1000m.Sri Lanka, southeast Asia, Malaysia to north Queensland.
Field Tips : Thorns straight, bearing leaves and flowers. Wood light reddish brown.
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Names:
Irula : Thandisamaram/Mulmaram
Hindi : Baikal
Flower:
In axillary or terminal, condensed or diffused cymes, fragrant, white. Flowering from December-January.Fruit :
A capsule, obovoid-globose. Seeds 6, ovoid. Fruits mature by MArhc.
