Chandigarh Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Chandigarh (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Ehretiaceae | Genus: Ehretia | Species: Ehretia laevis Roxb |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Bourreria aspera G.Don, Bourreria dichotoma Rottler ex G.Don, Bourreria punctata G.Don, Ehretia aspera Willd.,Ehretia canarensis Miq., Ehretia floribunda Roy | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Desi-papri | Flower Type | Cyme |
| English / Trade Name | Chamror | Flowering Period | Jan-March |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Sakar | Fruiting Period | April-June |
| Altitude | Upto 1200 m | Fruit Type | Drupe |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit yellow or orange, 3-8 mm across, globose, 4-ribbed, with 1-4, 1-seeded pyrenes |
| Habitat | Common in damp shady places, grassy localities and miscellaneous forests | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | India,SriLanka,Myanmar,Afghanistan,Pakistan, China, Australia | Bark Details | Bark is generally yellowish or grey |
| Distribution in chandigarh | Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Elliptic | ||
| Description of Species | Evergreen shrubs; branches glandular. Leaves, subsessile, 2.5 – 12 cm long, oblanceolate, subapiculate, base cuneate, margins entire or revolute. Flowers ca 2 mm across, greenish – yellow, in short terminal panicles. Sepals 5. Petals absent. Stamens usually 8. Disc obsolete in the male flowers, small in female flowers. Ovary 3 – 4 loculed. Capsule compressed, 2 – 4 valved, each valve with an oblong membranous, broad, rounded wing; seeds black, without an aril, lenticular or subglobose. | Leaf Details | Leaves, subsessile, 2.5 – 12 cm long, oblanceolate, subapiculate, base cuneate, margins entire or revolute. |
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