Family:
Euphorbiaceae
Synonym:
Pierardia courtallensis Wight, Baccaurea macrostachya Wight ex Hook.f.
Habit:
Tree
Habitat:
Evergreen and semi evergreen forests
Distribution:
Peninsular India (Western)
Flowering
& Fruiting: January-June
Key
identification features: Remarkable for their flowers
growing in long racemose spikes in tufts on tubercles on the stem. Leaves
alternate, often clustered towards the branch tips. Bark white. Flowers
dioecious, in densely clustered, slender racemes. Fruit capsule, globose, tomentose, red. Fruit very acidic
and edible. Seeds 3, oblong, arillate.
Uses:
Fruit edible
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