| Synonym |
Leea crispa L.,
Leea edgeworthii Santapau |
Flower Color |
Greenish |
| Common Name |
Banchalita |
Flower Type |
Cyme |
| English / Trade Name |
Banchalita |
Flowering Period |
July-Sept |
| Vernacular /Local Name |
Banchalita |
Fruiting Period |
Oct-Dec |
| Altitude |
Up to 500 m |
Fruit Type |
Berry |
| Habit |
Shrub |
Fruit Details |
Fruit a berry, slaty-green and finally blue-black. |
| Habitat |
Miscellaneous forests, particularly in ravines in shady places. |
Bark Type |
Smooth |
| Distribution |
West Himalaya, Central & South India; Indomalaysia, West China. |
Bark Details |
Sulcate, puberulous with reddish-brown hairs. |
| Distribution in Haryana |
Yamuna Nagar |
Origin |
Native |
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Leaf Type |
Compound |
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Leaf Arrangement |
Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem) |
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Leaf Shape |
Pinnate |
| Description of Species |
Perennial erect, deciduous herb or shrubs, with under ground rootstocks; stem sulcate, puberulous with reddish-brown hairs. Leaves imparipinnate, lower ones often bipinnate; lanceolate-oblong to obovate, rounded base, dentate serrate. Flowers greenish white, in leaf opposed corymbose cymes. Petals 5, lanceolate oblong. Fruit a berry, slaty-green and finally blue-black. |
Leaf Details |
Leaves imparipinnate, lower ones often bipinnate; lanceolate-oblong to obovate, rounded base, dentate serrate. |
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