Family :
Araliaceae
Flora of Nilgiri Biosphere (Northern Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve)
Leaf arrangement
Alternate distichous
Leaf Type
Digitate
Leaf Shape
Ovate, Obovate, Orbicular, Elliptic
Leaf Apex
Obtuse
Leaf Base
Oblique
Leaf Margin
Entire
Habit : A large straggling or climbing shrub.
Habitat and Distribution : Occasional in rock crevices by ravines, Forest border, on hills 600-1400m. Peninsular India.
Field Tips : Bark peels off easily. Petioles sheathing.
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Names:
Tamil : Pei maratti
Flower:
In panicles, Terminal and axillary, greenish. Flowering from April-May.Fruit :
A drupe, globose, 5-6 angular, orange when ripe. Seeds laterally compressed. Fruiting from May-June.
