Undershrub
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Gastonia nalugu Lam. |
| synonym | Gilibertia nalugu (Lam.) DC. |
| synonym | Leea aspera Edgew. |
| synonym | Leea crispa D. Royen ex L. |
| synonym | Leea edgeworthii Santapau |
| synonym | Leea herbacea Buch.-Ham. |
| synonym | Leea marginworthii Santapau |
| synonym | Leea pinnata Andrews |
| synonym | Leea pumila Kurz |
| synonym | Leea sanguinea M'Lell. ex C. B. Clarke |
| synonym | Phytolacca asiatica L. |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Diagnostic Keys
Undershrubs, ca 2m. Leaves unipinnate.
Sanjib Barua
| Attributions | Sanjib Barua |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Description
Shrubs to small trees; stems branches, rachises, petiolules and peduncles often fluted and crispately winged. Leaves alternate, 1 or 2-pinnate, densely soft-villous beneath when young; petioles 1-4 cm long; stipule narrowly winged; rachises 4-12 cm long; leaflets 5-7, broadly ovate to elliptic or ovate-oblong to elliptic, rounded to cordate at base, sharply serrate at margin, acute, acuminate to caudate at apex, 10-20 x 4-9 cm, chartaceous to subcoriaceous, glabrous or sparsely hairy above, densely hairy beneath with sparse globose pearl glands; lateral nerves 8-16 pairs; petiolules 5-15 mm long. Inflorescences 2-12 cm long, glabrous or pubescent; peduncles to 6 mm long; bracts ovate to linear-lanceolate, to 6 mm long, subpersistent; bracteoles lanceolate, ca 3 mm long; pedicels 1-2 mm long, pubescent. Flowers greenish white in corymbs. Calyx ca 2 x 3 mm, pubescent with prominent reticulate nervation, 5-lobed; lobes 3-angled. Corolla tube with staminal lobes 3-4 mm long, 5-lobed; lobes subulate, 2.5-3 x 1-1.5 mm. Staminal lobes deeply 2-fid; stamens free; filaments to 2 mm long; anthers oblong, to 1 cm long, medifixed; staminal column ca 3 mm long. Ovary globose-subglobose, less than 1 mm across, 4-8 loculed; style 1-2 mm long; stigma capitate. Fruits globose-depressed, ca 12 mm across, purple black; seeds usually 6, ca 5x 3 mm.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Habit: Undershrub
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Cyclicity
Fl.& Fr.: June-November.
Sanjib Barua
| Attributions | Sanjib Barua |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Flowering and fruiting: March-November
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Reproduction
Seeds
Sanjib Barua
| Attributions | Sanjib Barua |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Morphology
Growth Form
Tree
Leaves unipinnate, 5-7 foliolate; leaflets 10-174-8.5cm, oblong, apex caudate, margin serrate, base rounded; petioles 5-18mm. Inflorescence terminal cymes. Flowers 2-3mm across, 5-merous, white; bracts linear-setaceous, caduceus. Calyx 5-lobed, campanulate. Corolla 5, 2mm, lanceolate. Berries 6-8mm across, globose . Seeds greenish.
Sanjib Barua
| Attributions | Sanjib Barua |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Cultivated. Native of West Asia.
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Moist deciduous and evergreen forests
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Description
Global Distribution
Indo-Malesia and China
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Malappuram, Kannur, Palakkad, Thrissur, Wayanad, Kozhikkode
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Maharashtra: Common throughout
Kerala: Kannur, Palakkad, Malapuram, Thrissur
Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore, Nilgiri, Theni
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Global Distribution
India: Assam, Odisha, Punjab
Indian Distribution
Western Assam
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
Protection Legal Status
It is found growing wild in the tropical forest
Sanjib Barua
| Attributions | Sanjib Barua |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Uses and Management
Uses
System of Medicines Used In
Folk medicine
System Of Medicines Used In
Folk medicine
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2459
| Attributions | FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2459 |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Information Listing
References
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2459
- Leea crispa Royen ex L., Syst. Nat. (ed. 12) 2: 627. 1767; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 665. 1875; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 240 (171). 1918.
- Leea edgeworthii Sant., Rec. Bot. Surv. India 19: 54. 1953.
- Leea pumila Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 41: 303. 1872; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 606. 1875.
- Leea herbacea Ham., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 14: 228. 1823; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 240(171). 1918.
- Phytolacca asiatica L., Sp. Pl. 474. 1753.
- Leea asiatica (L.) Ridsd. in Manilal, Bot. & Hist. Hort. Malab. 189. 1980; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 61. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 107. 1988; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 11,17. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 114. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 156. 1997; B.D. Naithani in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 330. 2000; W. Arisdason et al. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 765. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 237. 2009.
- Leea aspera Edgw., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 20: 36. 1846; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 240(171). 1918.
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983, Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002, Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004, Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000
Information Listing > References
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2459
- Leea crispa Royen ex L., Syst. Nat. (ed. 12) 2: 627. 1767; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 665. 1875; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 240 (171). 1918.
- Leea edgeworthii Sant., Rec. Bot. Surv. India 19: 54. 1953.
- Leea pumila Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 41: 303. 1872; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 606. 1875.
- Leea herbacea Ham., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 14: 228. 1823; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 240(171). 1918.
- Phytolacca asiatica L., Sp. Pl. 474. 1753.
- Leea asiatica (L.) Ridsd. in Manilal, Bot. & Hist. Hort. Malab. 189. 1980; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 61. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 107. 1988; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 11,17. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 114. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 156. 1997; B.D. Naithani in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 330. 2000; W. Arisdason et al. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 765. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 237. 2009.
- Leea aspera Edgw., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 20: 36. 1846; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 240(171). 1918.
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983, Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002, Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004, Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Vitales |
| Family | Vitaceae |
| Genus | Leea |
| Species | Leea asiatica (L.) Ridsdale |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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