Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Moraceae | Genus: Streblus | Species: Streblus asper Lour.( सिहोरा ) |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| 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 |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| 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. |
