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Family: Phyllanthaceae	Genus: Bischofia	Species: Bischofia javanica Bl.

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Bischofia trifoliata	Flower Color	Greenish
Common Name	Bishop Wood, Paniala	Flower Type	Panicle
English / Trade Name	Bishop Wood, Tiger tree	Flowering Period	Jan-March
Vernacular /Local Name	Bhillar, Paniala, Kein, Kanji	Fruiting Period	April-June
Altitude	upto 1300 m	Fruit Type	Berry
Habit	Tree	Fruit Details	Fruit a berry-like fruits are light brown, globular or subglobular, containing oblong seeds.
Habitat	Canopy tree in ever green and semi-ever green forests particularly along streams	Bark Type	Smooth
Distribution	Peninsular India, Western And Eastern Ghats	Bark Details	Bark nearly smooth, grayish brown to brown, contains a red milky sap that becomes a resinous semi-solid when dried. .
Distribution in chandigarh	Chandigarh Botanical Garden and Nature Park, Sector 36	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Compound
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Trifoliate
Description of Species	Evergreen or semi-evergreen woody tree, up to 40 high. Bark nearly smooth, grayish brown to brown, contains a red milky sap that becomes a resinous semi-solid when dried. Leaves trifoliate, rarely palmate. Leaflet papery, ovate to elliptic, subovate, or elliptic-ovate, pointed and broadly wedge-shaped to obtuse at base, with two to three teeth per centimeter along the serrated margin. Flower small greenish-yellow flowers, borne on dioecious panicles in leaf axils. Male inflorescence pubescent to glabrous, while the female inflorescence pendant. Fruit a berry-like fruits are light brown, globular or subglobular, containing oblong seeds.	Leaf Details	Leaves trifoliate, rarely palmate. Leaflet papery, ovate to elliptic, subovate, or elliptic-ovate, pointed and broadly wedge-shaped to obtuse at base, with two to three teeth per centimeter along the serrated margin

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