Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Verbenaceae | Genus: Callicarpa | Species: Callicarpa macrophylla Vahl.( दइया ) |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
|
|
| Synonym | Callicarpa incana Roxb., Callicarpa dunniana H.Lév. | Flower Color | Red - Pink |
| Common Name | Bastara, Daia | Flower Type | Solitary |
| English / Trade Name | Beauty Berry, Perfumed cherry | Flowering Period | Jan-March |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Daia | Fruiting Period | April-June |
| Altitude | 1800 m | Fruit Type | Drupe |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | Fruit globose or subglobose, succulent green and white or purple when ripe |
| Habitat | Occurs in secondary forests and along rivers | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | India, Bhutan, China, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea. | Bark Details | Brown thin smooth stem and branches obtusely 4 angular |
| Distribution in Haryana | , Yamuna Nagar | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Lence shaped | ||
| Description of Species | Shrub about 5 m tall. Stem brown, thin smooth, stem and branches obtusely 4 angular, young parts stellately woolly, glabrous when mature, annulate nodes, internodes. Bark brown thin smooth stem and branches obtusely 4 angular. Leaves across base acute, margin crenate-serrate except near the base and apex. Flower cymes densely unevenly gray stellate tomentose. Calyx subtruncate, gray stellate tomentose, yellow glandular. Corolla purple, sparsely stellate tomentose. Fruit globose or subglobose succulent green and white or purple when ripe. | Leaf Details | Leaves across base acute, margin crenate-serrate except near the base and apex. |
