| Family: Phyllanthaceae | Genus: Securinega | Species: Securinega virosa (Roxb. ex Willd.) Baillon( पताला ) |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
| Synonym | Flueggea virosa (Roxb. ex Willd.) Royle | Flower Color | Yellow - Orange |
| Common Name | Dalme, Patala. | Flower Type | Solitary |
| English / Trade Name | Common Bushweed | Flowering Period | Oct-Dec |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Dalme, Patala | Fruiting Period | Jan-Dec |
| Altitude | Up to 1530 m | Fruit Type | Berry |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | Fruit white and fleshy |
| Habitat | In woodland and along forest margins, often on rocky outcrops or termite mounds. | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | Tropical Africa, Asia and Australia. | Bark Details | The bark is smooth, reddish brown to brown. |
| Distribution in Haryana | Bhiwani, Fatehabad, Gurgaon, M. Garh, Mewat, Palwal, Rewari, Rohtak, Sonepat | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Ovate | ||
| Description of Species | Evergreen suffruticose shrubs, up to 5 m high; stem sulcate, glabrous. Leaves small, alternate, suborbicular or ovate-elliptic to rhomboid, acute or cuneate-rounded base, green above, glaucous beneath; stipules scarious, ovate-lanceolate, acute. Flowers axillary, less than yellowish-green; male flowers in dense clusters on filiform pedicels; female on lax clusters, on short pedicels. Perianth segments 5, ovate, ciliate. Fruits berry, depressed globose, small, 2- dry, fleshy. | Leaf Details | Leaves small, alternate, suborbicular or ovate-elliptic to rhomboid, acute or cuneate-rounded base, green above, glaucous beneath; stipules scarious, ovate-lanceolate, acute |