Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Lardizabalaceae | Genus: Holboellia | Species: Holboellia latifolia Wallich. Tent |
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| Synonym | Holboellia acuminata , Stauntonia latifolia | Flower Color | Greenish |
| Common Name | Gomphal, Gukhnial, Sausage vine | Flower Type | Raceme |
| English / Trade Name | Sausage vine | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | - | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | 1200-2500 m | Fruit Type | Berry |
| Habit | Climber | Fruit Details | Fruit usually of one carpel, long pear-shaped, oblong-ovate, red when ripe, about 5-10 x 2-6 cm across, seeds many, obovoid, slightly compressed, curved, enclosed in yellow pulp, blackish or dark brown |
| Habitat | Occurs in subtropical to temperate broad leafed forests of Himalayas | Bark Type | Rugged |
| Distribution | India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China and Myanmar | Bark Details | Bark corky, at the base of the stem when mature, branches and twigs glabrous, twining near the shoots. Exstipulate |
| Distribution in manipur | Origin | Native | |
| Leaf Type | Compound | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Ovate | ||
| Description of Species | Deciduous climbing or twining shrubs, about 3-5 m long, monoecious | Leaf Details | Leaves imparipinnately compound, digitately 3-9 foliate, petiole about 4-8 cm long, leaflets variable in shape, ovate-lanceolate, ovate-oblong or ovate-elliptic about 4-13 x 1-5 cm across, base acute or obtuse, margins entire, slightly revolute, apex acuminate, leathery, coriaceous, glabrous, shining above |
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