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Family: Rubiaceae	Genus: Mitragyna	Species: Mitragyna parvifolia (Roxb.) Korth.

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Stephegyne parvifolia (Roxb.) Korth. Nauclea parvifoliaRoxb.	Flower Color	White
Common Name	Guri	Flower Type	Cyme
English / Trade Name	Kaim	Flowering Period	July-Sept
Vernacular /Local Name	Kalam,Kaem	Fruiting Period	Oct-Dec
Altitude	up to 900 m	Fruit Type	Capsule
Habit	Tree	Fruit Details	100 – 150 in each head, each splitting Into 2 – dehiscent cocci, seeds minute, several, winged
Habitat	Moist deciduous forests and forest plantations	Bark Type	Smooth
Distribution	India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar And Bangladesh	Bark Details	Bark grey, thin irregularly scaly when mature
Distribution in chandigarh	Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary, Sukhna Choe Reserve Forest & Sukhna Lake , Manimajara and Daria, Sector 9, Sector 11, Sector 12, Sector 17	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Simple
		Leaf Arrangement	Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Oblong
Description of Species	Deciduous trees, up to 18 m high, usually with buttresses from the base of stem and bluish grey bark. Leaves oblong – orbicular, or suborbicular – ovate, 5 – 15 X 3.5 – 10 cm, obtuse or acute, entire, base truncate – obtuse or subcordate, lateral nerves 6 – 8 pairs. Stipules large, obovate. Flowers white or creamish – yellow, In axillary or terminal, globose,pedunculate heads, heads 1 .3 – 2.5 cm across, solitary or 2 – 3 together, peduncles subtended with a pair of foliaceous bracts. Calyx limb short, minutely 5 – toothed. corolla funnel – shaped. ovary 2 – celled. style filiform, exserted. stigma elongate. Capsules 100 – 150 in each head, each splitting into 2 – dehiscent cocci; seeds Mminute, Sseveral, winged	Leaf Details	Leaves oblong – orbicular, or suborbicular – ovate, 5 – 15 X 3.5 – 10 cm, obtuse or acute, entire, base truncate – obtuse or subcordate, lateral nerves 6 – 8 pairs; stipules large, obovate.

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