Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Euphorbiaceae | Genus: Ostodes | Species: Ostodes paniculata Blume |
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| Synonym | Ostodes corniculata Baill., Ostodes kerrii Craib | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | - | Flower Type | Panicle |
| English / Trade Name | - | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | - | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | 400-1400 m | Fruit Type | Capsule |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit tomentulose and densely elevated-verrucose; mesocarp hard, woody. Seeds ellipsoidal, ca. 1.1 cm, brown, with stripes of yellowish spots, smooth, glossy |
| Habitat | Occurs in montane evergreen forests | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | India, Bhutan, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal and Vietnam | Bark Details | Bark gray-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, up to 15 m tall, dioecious bark gray-brown, branches and leaves glabrous | Leaf Details | Leaves usually apically clustered; stipules caducous; petiole 4-12 cm; leaf blade ovate-lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, 10-24 × 5-10 cm, thinly leathery, abaxially glaucous-gray or gray-brown when dry, base rounded or broadly cuneate, apex acuminate or caudate-acuminate; lateral veins 7 or 8 |
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