Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Phyllanthaceae | Genus: Bridelia | Species: Bridelia glauca Blume |
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| Synonym | Bridelia pubescens Kurz, Bridelia acuminatissima Merr. | Flower Color | Greenish |
| Common Name | - | Flower Type | Raceme |
| English / Trade Name | - | Flowering Period | Jan-March |
| Vernacular /Local Name | - | Fruiting Period | April-June |
| Altitude | Up to 2000 m | Fruit Type | Follicle |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | Fruits (conical) ellipsoid, acute or blunt at apex, 5.5-10(-12) by 4.5-7.5(-9) mm in diameter, pale purple, turning black with some light (white or pink) spots, bluish black when dry; mesocarp juicy, sweetish; endocarp woody, ellipsoid, 5-8 by 4-8 mm, seed one per fruit, ellipsoid with shallow lateral furrow, 4.5-6.5 by 3-4.5 mm; testa rugulate, light greenish brown |
| Habitat | Occurs in disturbed or open sites in mixed and sub-montane forests | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | India, Birma, Thailand, Taiwan, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Philippines, Celebes, Moluccas, New Guinea | Bark Details | Outer bark dark greyish brown, to 5 mm thick, smooth, rarely fissured, not peeling off; inner bark yellowish white, up to 4 mm thick |
| Distribution in manipur | Origin | Native | |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Elliptic | ||
| Description of Species | Shrub to tree, up to 30 m high, with a clear bole up to 18 m high, 45 cm dbh, sometimes with a few buttresses, up to 1.5 m high, 3 m out, 10 cm thick, basal trunk sometimes provided with root-thorns; branches reddish brown pubescent to tomentose (especially when young), inconspicuously lenticellate, older branchlets thorny | Leaf Details | Leaves: petiole subterete, 5-11 by 1-2.5 mm, pubescent; blade elliptic, slightly ovate (to elliptic), 40-280 by 20-120 mm, length/width ratio 1.9-3.1, (membranaceous to) chartaceous, base acute, obtuse, or (often) truncate, margin entire, apex acute to acuminate, acumen up to 25 mm long, upper surface glabrous, rarely along the main veins scattered hairy, dark green, sometimes glossy, lower surface light brownish to reddish pubescent, rarely glabrous or tomentose, light green, slightly glaucous beneath, brownish when dry |
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