Chandigarh Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Chandigarh (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Verbenaceae | Genus: Citharexylum | Species:
Citharexylum spinosum Linn. |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Citharexylum subserratum Sw., Citharexylum villosum Jacq. | Flower Color | Greenish |
| Common Name | Fiddlewood, Spiny Fiddlewood, Fiddlewood Tree | Flower Type | Raceme |
| English / Trade Name | Fiddlewood | Flowering Period | July-Sept |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Fruiting Period | Oct-Dec | |
| Altitude | Upto 1000m | Fruit Type | Drupe |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruits red to black subglobose drupes |
| Habitat | Cultivated as ornamental in gardens | Bark Type | Fissured |
| Distribution | Native of Central America | Bark Details | Bark brown fissured. |
| Distribution in chandigarh | Sector 14 | Origin | Exotic |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Elliptic | ||
| Description of Species | Small tree about 10 m tall. Bark brown fissured. Branches and branchlets 4-angular, ribbed. Leaves decussate-opposite, simple, lanceolate to elliptic-oblong, exstipulate. Inflorescence racemes terminal and axillary and on branchlets. Flowers creamish white, fragrant. Fruit drupe. | Leaf Details | Leaves decussate-opposite, simple, lanceolate to elliptic-oblong, exstipulate |
