Chandigarh Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Chandigarh (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Verbenaceae | Genus: Volkameria | Species:
Volkameria inermis Linn.
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Habit |
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Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Clerodendrum inerme (Linn.) Gaertn., Catesbaea javanica Osbeck | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Chhoti-ari, Sankuppi, Sangan-kuppi, Vilayati mehendi, Batraj | Flower Type | Cyme |
| English / Trade Name | Glory Bower, Indian privet, Seaside clerodendrum, Wild Jasmine, Sorcerers Bush | Flowering Period | Oct-Dec |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Vilayati mehendi, Batraj | Fruiting Period | Oct-Dec |
| Altitude | Up to 800 m | Fruit Type | Drupe |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | Fruit a drupe pear-shaped, 4-lobed, glabrous, enclosed by the persistent calyx, green. |
| Habitat | Chiefly coastal and scrub jungles, Cultivated in plains. Commonly used for hedges round the gardens etc. | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | Coastal India, Sri Lanka; now naturalised on the shores of Myanmar, Australia, China | Bark Details | Bark grayish brown, branches and branchlets slender. |
| Distribution in chandigarh | Butterfly Park , Sector 19, Sector 33 | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Obovate | ||
| Description of Species | An erect to scandent or trailing, evergreen shrub, up to 3 m tall. Leaves elliptic-ovate to obovate, opposite, entire, petiolate and subcoriaceous. Flowers white, in axillary, trichotomous cymes, bracts minute, linear; calyx cupular, minutely 5-toothed, persistent and slightly broader than the base of corolla-tube; corolla-tube glabrous; lobes ovate, obscurely crenulate, obtuse. Stamen filaments pubescent, dark violet or purple, much exserted, curved above. Fruit a drupe pear-shaped, 4-lobed, glabrous, enclosed by the persistent calyx, green. | Leaf Details | Leaves elliptic-ovate to obovate, opposite, entire, petiolate and subcoriaceous. |
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