Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Rubiaceae | Genus: Mitragyna | Species: Mitragyna rotundifolia (Roxb.) Kuntze |
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| Synonym | Bancalus rotundifolius (Roxb.) Kuntze, Mitragyna brunonis (Wall. ex G.Don) Craib | Flower Color | Brownish |
| Common Name | - | Flower Type | Solitary |
| English / Trade Name | - | Flowering Period | July-Sept |
| Vernacular /Local Name | - | Fruiting Period | Oct-Dec |
| Altitude | Fruit Type | Capsule | |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruiting heads 10-16 mm in diam, fruit 3-5 mm, weakly ridged, with persistent calyx thickened; seeds ca. 1 mm |
| Habitat | Occurs in dense forests | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | Bangladesh, India, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand | Bark Details | Smooth grey in color |
| Distribution in manipur | Central, Eastern | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Ovate | ||
| Description of Species | Trees deciduous, to 30 m tall branches angled to subterete, glabrous to glabrescent. Petiole 15-60 mm, glabrous to densely pilosulous | Leaf Details | Leaf blade drying papery, suborbicular to broadly elliptic or ovate, 9-25 × 6-20 cm (to 75 cm on seedlings and sprouts), adaxially glabrous to puberulent, abaxially sparsely to densely pilosulous or tomentulose, base rounded to cordate, apex rounded to obtuse; secondary veins 5-7 pairs |
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