Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Salicaceae | Genus: Flacourtia | Species: Flacourtia jangomas (Lour.) Raeusch. |
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Flower |
Fruit |
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| Synonym | Stigmarota jangomas, Flacourtia cataphrara | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Coffee Plum, Indian cherry, Indian plum | Flower Type | Raceme |
| English / Trade Name | Governors Plum, Madaraskara Plum | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Heitroi | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | 1100-1300 m | Fruit Type | Berry |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit an ellipsoid berry, 2.5 cm long, dark red or purple when ripe |
| Habitat | Occur around the field and garden and also cultivated | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | India, China,Nepal, Burma, Dutch East Indies and West Indian Islands | Bark Details | Bark light-brown to copper-red or pinkish-buff, flaky |
| Distribution in manipur | Eastern | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Obovate | ||
| Description of Species | It is small, deciduous tree, growing to 6-10 m tall, trunk and branches are commonly thornless in old trees but densely beset with simple or branched, woody thorns when younger bark is light-brown to copper-red or pinkish-buff, flaky | Leaf Details | Leaves obovate or elliptic, 3-7 cm long, glabrous, crenate or crenate serrate towards the apex |
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