Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Rhamnaceae | Genus: Itea | Species: Itea macrophylla Wall. |
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| Synonym | Itea maesifolia Elmer, Itea puberula W. G. Craib | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Flower Type | Solitary | |
| English / Trade Name | - | Flowering Period | Jan-March |
| Vernacular /Local Name | - | Fruiting Period | April-June |
| Altitude | Up to 1500 m | Fruit Type | Capsule |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | Fruit spreading or pendulous, striate, narrowly conical, 7-8 mm, glabrous. |
| Habitat | Occurs in dense or sparse forests, roadsides on mountain slopes | Bark Type | Fissured |
| Distribution | India, Bhutan, Indonesia, Myanmar, Philippines, Sikkim, Thailand and Vietnam | Bark Details | Smooth grey brown |
| Distribution in manipur | Central, Eastern, Jiribam | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Ovate | ||
| Description of Species | Trees 8-10 m tall, branchlets striate, glabrous, petiole stout, 1-2.5 cm, glabrous | Leaf Details | Leaf blade elliptic or broadly ovate, 10-20 × 5-12 cm, thinly leathery, both surfaces glabrous, midvein and secondary veins distinctly raised abaxially, midvein impressed adaxially, secondary veins in 7-10 pairs, tertiary veins parallel, fine, reticulate veins slightly prominent abaxially, base rounded-obtuse, margin glandular serrate, apex acute or acuminate |
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