| Family: Flacourtiaceae | Genus: Xylosma | Species: Xylosma longifolia Clos( डंढल, कटारी ) |
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| Synonym | Xylosma congesta var. kwangtungensis F.P. Metcalf, Xylosma racemosa var. kwangtungensis (F.P. Metcalf) Rehder | Flower Color | Greenish |
| Common Name | Dandal, Katari, Kandhara | Flower Type | Raceme |
| English / Trade Name | Brushhollies xylosmas | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Dandal | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | 1000-1600 m | Fruit Type | Berry |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Berry red when ripe, drying black, globose; seeds 4 or 5, brown when dried, ovoid, flattened on one or more sides. |
| Habitat | Evergreen forests | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | Southern Western Ghats | Bark Details | bark gray-brown; branchlets spiny, glabrous. |
| Distribution in Haryana | Morni-Pinjore | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Elliptic | ||
| Description of Species | Small trees, up to 7 m tall; bark gray-brown. Leaves green; petiole glabrous; leaf blade narrowly elliptic, oblong-elliptic, oblong-lanceolate, leathery, both surfaces glabrous, base acute, margin serrate, apex acuminate. Flower greenish in short racemes or reduced panicles borne singly or in condensed clusters in leaf axils; bracts ovate (staminate flowers) to lanceolate (pistillate flowers), glabrous or sparsely puberulous. Sepals 4 or 5, persistent, ovate or lanceolate; staminate flowers: stamen filaments eventually. anthers ellipsoid, minute; disk glands small. Pistillate flowers: disk annular or few lobed, ovary ovoid. Fruit a berry red when ripe, drying black, globose; seeds 4 or 5, brown when dried, ovoid, flattened on one or more sides. | Leaf Details | Leaves green; petiole glabrous; leaf blade narrowly elliptic, oblong-elliptic, oblong-lanceolate, leathery, both surfaces glabrous, base acute, margin serrate, apex acuminate. |
