Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Datiscaceae | Genus: Tetrameles | Species: Tetrameles nudiflora R. Br. |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Anictoclea grahamiana, Tetrameles grahamiana | Flower Color | Greenish |
| Common Name | Jungli dungy | Flower Type | Panicle |
| English / Trade Name | False Hemp Tree | Flowering Period | Jan-March |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Wangphop | Fruiting Period | April-June |
| Altitude | Up to 900 m | Fruit Type | Capsule |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit faintly 8-ribbed, glandular, urceolate, 0.4 cm long; seeds many, minute |
| Habitat | Occurs in evergreen, semi-evergreen and moist meciduous forests also in the plains | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, China, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia | Bark Details | Bark greyish white, smooth; blaze cream |
| Distribution in manipur | Eastern | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Ovate | ||
| Description of Species | Deciduous dioecious tree to 45 m high, bole buttressed; bark 10 mm thick, greyish-white, smooth, tuberculate-lenticellate; blaze dull yellow | Leaf Details | Leaves simple, alternate, spiral, leaves rowded at twig ends; petiole to 10 cm long, pubescent; lamina to 12 X 10 cm |
