Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Rhamnaceae | Genus: Ziziphus | Species: Ziziphus incurva Roxb. |
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| Synonym | Ziziphus yunnanensis C.K. Schneid. | Flower Color | Greenish |
| Common Name | - | Flower Type | Cyme |
| English / Trade Name | - | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | - | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | 1000-2500 m | Fruit Type | Drupe |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit red-brown at maturity, subglobose or globose-ellipsoid, 1-1.2 × 0.8-1.1 cm, glabrous, with persistent calyx tube and disk at base; fruiting pedicel 4-11 mm, pilose; mesocarp thin; endocarp ca. 3 mm, thickly cartilaginous 2-loculed, with 1 or 2 seeds |
| Habitat | Occurs in mixed forests | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | India, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal and Thailand | Bark Details | Bark smooth grey |
| Distribution in manipur | Central, Eastern | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Ovate | ||
| Description of Species | Trees to 15 m tall or large shrubs, spinose, young branches brownish pilose; old branches black-brown or purple-black, stiff, stout. Stipular spines 1 or 2, erect, 4-6 mm, caducous; petiole 5-11 mm, brownish pilose | Leaf Details | Leaves ovate or ovate-oblong, 5.6-11.3 x 2.2-5.2 cm, apex acute to acuminate, rounded or acute at base, unequal, glabrous, serrulate with hard brown point, shining above, hairy on nerves beneath, membranous, black on drying, obscurely 5- nerved; petioles pubescent; stipules linear, villous, deciduous |
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