| Synonym |
Diplothorax tonkinensis
Gagnep. |
Flower Color |
Greenish |
| Common Name |
Choria, Daheya, Dahia, Karchanna, Rusa, Sahora, Sihora |
Flower Type |
Solitary |
| English / Trade Name |
Sand Paper Tree, Siamese rough bush, Toothbrush tree |
Flowering Period |
Jan-March |
| Vernacular /Local Name |
Choria, Daheya, Dahia, Karchanna, Rusa, Sahora, Sihora |
Fruiting Period |
April-June |
| Altitude |
Up to 1000 m |
Fruit Type |
Drupe |
| Habit |
Tree |
Fruit Details |
Drupes globose, about the size of pea, yellow when ripe, with persistent perianth |
| Habitat |
Uncommon; along the river banks and streams. |
Bark Type |
Smooth |
| Distribution |
Outer Himalaya and adjacent plains, C.W. and S. India; Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and China. |
Bark Details |
Bark soft, thick, greenish-grey or whitish. |
| Distribution in Haryana |
Ambala, Yamuna Nagar |
Origin |
Native |
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Leaf Type |
Simple |
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Leaf Arrangement |
Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) |
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Leaf Shape |
Elliptic |
| Description of Species |
Small, unarmed, evergreen trees or shrubs, up to 8 m high; bark soft, thick, greenish-grey or whitish. Leaves elliptic-obovate or rhomboid, acute or acuminate, more or less dentate. Male flowers in shortly stalked globose heads; perianth campanulate. Female flowers solitary on slender fascicled long pedicels; tepals 4. Fruit a drupes globose, about the size of pea, yellow when ripe, with persistent perianth. |
Leaf Details |
Leaves elliptic-obovate or rhomboid, acute or acuminate, more or less dentate. |
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