Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Rubiaceae | Genus: Canthium | Species: Canthium gracilipes Kurz |
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Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Canthium parviflorum, Plectronia parviflora | Flower Color | Greenish |
| Common Name | Coromandel Canthium | Flower Type | Cyme |
| English / Trade Name | Coromandel Boxwood | Flowering Period | July-Sept |
| Vernacular /Local Name | - | Fruiting Period | Oct-Dec |
| Altitude | Up to 1450 m | Fruit Type | Follicle |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruits are obovate, furrowed on each side |
| Habitat | Occurs in tropical dry evergreen forest | Bark Type | Rugged |
| Distribution | Indo-Malesia | Bark Details | Bark grey, rough |
| Distribution in manipur | Origin | Native | |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Ovate | ||
| Description of Species | It is a shrub usually with opposite horizontal thorns a little above the leaf axils sometimes the shrub is nearly unarmed | Leaf Details | Leaves are ovate, smooth, often fascicled on young shoots. Short, few flowered racemes arise in leaf axils |
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