Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Rosaceae | Genus: Pyracantha | Species: Pyracantha crenulata (Roxb. ex D.Don) M.Roem.( घिंगारू ) |
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| Synonym | Cotoneaster crenulatus (Roxb. ex D.Don) K.Koch, Crataegus pyracantha Brandis, Cotoneaster pyracantha E.Pritz. | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Barni, Barna, Ghingaru | Flower Type | Corymb |
| English / Trade Name | Nepalese Firethorn | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Ghingaru | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | Up to 2200 m | Fruit Type | Drupe |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | Fruit orangish yellow or orangish red when mature, nearly spherical. |
| Habitat | Bark Type | Smooth | |
| Distribution | Himalayas, from Kashmir to Bhutan, Tibet, Myanmar and China. | Bark Details | Dark brown when old |
| Distribution in Haryana | Morni-Pinjore | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Oblong | ||
| Description of Species | Shrub up to 5 m tall, with thorny branches. Branches are dark brown when old, initially rusty velvety, hairless when old. Leaves oblong or oblanceolate, rarely ovate-lanceolate, both surfaces hairless, base broadly wedge-shaped or slightly rounded, margin toothed or sparsely so, tip pointed or blunt; bracts caducous, lanceshaped Flower white, many, bell-shaped; sepals triangular, tip pointed; petals circular, tip rounded. Stamens are 20, filaments ; ovary densely white velvety apically. Fuit orangish yellow or orangish red when mature, nearly spherical. | Leaf Details | Leaves oblong or oblanceolate, rarely ovate-lanceolate, both surfaces hairless, base broadly wedge-shaped or slightly rounded, margin toothed or sparsely so, tip pointed or blunt. |
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