Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Euphorbiaceae | Genus: Breynia | Species: Breynia vitis-idaea (Burm.f.) C.E.C.Fisch.( कामुनी ) |
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| Synonym | Phyllanthus rhamnoides Willd., Phyllanthus sepiarius Roxb. ex Wall., Rhamnus vitis-idaea Burm.f. | Flower Color | Greenish |
| Common Name | Surasaruni, Aruni | Flower Type | Solitary |
| English / Trade Name | Indian snowberry, Mountain Coffee Bush | Flowering Period | July-Sept |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Kamuni | Fruiting Period | Oct-Dec |
| Altitude | Up to 1500 m | Fruit Type | Capsule |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | Fruits ovoid, compressed at apex, apex sometimes obscurely beaked, without apical rim, red and turning black-purple when fully mature, drying shiny brown. Seeds yellow-brown. |
| Habitat | A scandent shrub , straggling to climbing. Usually found in scrub, forest edges and along paths near beach forest | Bark Type | Prickly |
| Distribution | Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam. | Bark Details | Prickly in texture and greenish in colour |
| Distribution in Haryana | Yamuna Nagar | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Elliptic | ||
| Description of Species | Erect shrubs up to 3 m tall, glabrous; stipules ovate-triangular. Leaf green, leaf blade elliptic often rarely ovate or broadly ovate distichous, base obtuse, apex acute. Flowers small, green, solitary or several in axillary racemes divide in male and female flowers. Male flowers in axillary, perianth turbinate, yellow, lobes 5; stamens 3. Female flowers axillary, solitary, reddish, perianth campanulate, 5-6-lobed; ovary 3-celled; style short; stigmas 3, sunk at top of ovary Fruits ovoid, compressed at apex, apex sometimes obscurely beaked, without apical rim, red and turning black-purple when fully mature, drying shiny brown. Seeds yellow-brown. | Leaf Details | Leaf green, leaf blade elliptic often rarely ovate or broadly ovate distichous, base obtuse, apex acute. |
