Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Celastraceae | Genus: Gymnosporia | Species: Gymnosporia emarginata (Willd.) Thwaites( तलकर, ककेरा ) |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Maytenus emarginata (Willd.) Ding Hou | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Kakera, Baikal, Malkangni, Sherwane, | Flower Type | Cyme |
| English / Trade Name | Thorny staff tree | Flowering Period | Jan-March |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Talkar, Kakera | Fruiting Period | April-June |
| Altitude | upto 1000 m | Fruit Type | Capsule |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | Fruit a capsule obovoid, trilocular; seeds ellipsoid, red. |
| Habitat | Found in deciduous scrub forests from plains to 1000m | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | India, Sri Lanka, South East Asia and Malesia to North Queensland. | Bark Details | Bark whitish-grey, smooth but cracked |
| Distribution in Haryana | Origin | Exotic | |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Obovate | ||
| Description of Species | Small shrubs, up to 3 m tall; branches gray-brown, shallowly longitudinally fluted, unarmed. Petiole sturdy; leaf blade obovate, leathery, base cuneate, margin remotely crenate, sometimes glandular spotted in sinus of teeth, apex rounded or subtruncate. Flower in cymes axillary; peduncle, white; calyx lobes deltoid; petals obovate-oblong or oblong, entire, obtuse. Stamens inserted abaxially on disk margin; anther broadly ovoid. Fruit a capsule obovoid, trilocular; seeds ellipsoid, red. | Leaf Details | Leaf blade obovate, leathery, base cuneate, margin remotely crenate, sometimes glandular spotted in sinus of teeth, apex rounded or subtruncate. |
