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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

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