Thursday, June 27, 2024

Baccaurea courtallensis (Wight) Müll.Arg.

 

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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