Chandigarh Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Chandigarh (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Capparaceae | Genus: Crateva | Species: Crateva nurvala Buch.-Ham |
Habit |
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Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Crateva lophosperma Kurz, Crateva religiosa Var. Nurvula (Buch.-Ham.) Hook.f. & Thomson | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Baruna | Flower Type | Solitary |
| English / Trade Name | Three Leaved Caper | Flowering Period | Jan-March |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Barua | Fruiting Period | April-June |
| Altitude | Upto 1500 m | Fruit Type | Berry |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit yellowish-grey, ovoid or ellipsoid, 4.5 × 4 cm, rugose, gynophores to 5 cm |
| Habitat | Found in through out india, especially in sub-alpine zones along streams and rivers | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | Deccan Peninsula, Mainly In Eastern Ghats, Gengetic Plain, Bihar, Bengal, Assam, Myanmar, China, Indo-China, Malaysia | Bark Details | Bark is gray, smooth with horizontal wrinkling |
| Distribution in chandigarh | Chandigarh Botanical Garden and Nature Park, Sector 3 | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Compound | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Ovate | ||
| Description of Species | Trees 2-8 meter branchlets lenticulate. Leaflets lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 5-25 × 3-6 cm, base acute, apex gradually acuminate, thin-coriaceous, nerves 7-22 pairs. petiole 7-12 cm.petiolule to 7 mm. berry yellowish-grey, ovoid or ellipsoid, 4.5 × 4 cm, rugose, gynophores to 5 cm | Leaf Details | Leaflets lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 5-25 ×3-6 cm, base acute, apex gradually acuminate, thin-coriaceous, nerves 7-22 pairs, petiole 7-12 cm.petiolule to 7 mm |
