Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Meliaceae | Genus: Heynea | Species: Heynea trijuga Roxb. ex Sims |
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| Synonym | Trichilia connaroides (Wight & Arn.) Bentv., Walsura intermedia Craib | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Indian Heynea | Flower Type | Panicle |
| English / Trade Name | Indian Heynea | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | - | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | 700-2400 m | Fruit Type | Capsule |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit a capsule, globose, bright red, pointed, 2 valved; seed one, yellowish-brown, surrounded by a white fleshy aril |
| Habitat | Occurs in evergreen to semi-evergreen forests | Bark Type | Rugged |
| Distribution | India, Nepal, Bhutan, Burma, China and Malaysia | Bark Details | Bark 12 mm thick, reddish-brown or ash coloured, rough, warty; outer bark reddish, inner yellow; branchlets reddish, lenticellate |
| Distribution in manipur | Central, Eastern | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Compound | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Ovate | ||
| Description of Species | Trees up to 10 m tall | Leaf Details | Leaves imparipinnate, alternate, swollen at base, glabrous; leaflets 5-11, opposite, estipellate; petiolule 7-17 mm, slender, grooved above, glabrous; lamina 5-15 x 2.5-7 cm, ovate, ovate-oblong or ovate-lanceolate, base oblique, apex acuminate or shortly caudate-acuminate, margin entire, coriaceous, glabrous, glaucous beneath; lateral nerves 7-10 pairs, pinnate, prominent; intercostae reticulate, prominent |
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