Thursday, June 27, 2024

Bischofia javanica Blume

Family: Euphorbiaceae

Synonym: Andrachne apetala Roxb. ex Benth., Andrachne trifoliata Roxb.

Vernacular name: Cholavenga, Chorakkali, Miachethayan, Nannalamaram, Neeli, Nira,

Habit: Tree

Habitat: Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests

Distribution: India, Myanmar, China, Malaysia, Polynesia

Flowering and Fruiting: March-December

Key identification features: Deciduous trees with brown, thin, and scaly bark. Their leaves are 3-foliate, alternate. The leaves are glabrous and membranous. The unisexual green flowers grow in axillary and lateral peduncled paniculate racemes. The fruit is a reddish-brown, globose berry containing 3 seeds.

Uses: Fruits eaten in Borneo (Sarawak); wood used as firewood in New Guinea and for fencing (grows!) in the Solomon Islands; in the latter the squeezed bark or the latex is used as a brown or black dye.

 




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