Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Burseraceae | Genus: Protium | Species: Protium serratum (Wall. ex Colebr.) Engl. |
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Flower |
Fruit |
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| Synonym | Bursera serrata | Flower Color | Greenish |
| Common Name | Indian Red Pear | Flower Type | Panicle |
| English / Trade Name | Indian Red Pear | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | - | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | 600-1000 m | Fruit Type | Drupe |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit nearly ovoid to round, about 1 cm in diameter, with a persistent style |
| Habitat | Occurs in moist evergreen and deciduous forests | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | India, Bhutan, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam | Bark Details | Bark greyish brown |
| Distribution in manipur | Origin | Native | |
| Leaf Type | Compound | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Oblong | ||
| Description of Species | Trees is a large tree with branchlets densely yellow velvety, grey velvety when old | Leaf Details | Leaves are compound with 5-9 oblong or ovate-oblong leaflets. Stalks of the leaflets are 5-13 mm long. Leaflets are 7-10 × 2.5-4.5 cm, papery or rigidly papery, base rounded or broadly wedge-shaped, margin saw-toothed or sometimes entire, tip pointed |
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