Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Myrtaceae | Genus: Callistemon | Species: Callistemon viminalis (Sol. ex Gaertn.) G.Don |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Melaleuca viminalis (Sol. ex Gaertn.) Byrnes |
Flower Color | Red - Pink |
| Common Name | Bottlebrush | Flower Type | Solitary |
| English / Trade Name | Creek bottlebrush, Red Bottlebrush, Drooping Bottlebrush | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Barap lei | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | Up to 800 m | Fruit Type | Capsule |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | The flowers are followed by persistent woody capsules |
| Habitat | Occurs along watercourses mainly in sandstone or granite country. | Bark Type | Fissured |
| Distribution | Native to east coast of Australia from Cape York to north-east New South Wales and exotic to India | Bark Details | Dark, hard, fibrous, rough, furrowed |
| Distribution in manipur | Origin | Exotic | |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Lence shaped | ||
| Description of Species | It is a multi-trunked, large shrub or tree with hard bark, often pendulous foliage and large numbers of bright red bottlebrush flowers in spring and summer | Leaf Details | The leaves of are lanceolate 3-6 mm wide by 40-70 mm long but northern forms have a more elliptical-shaped leaf |
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