Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Sapindaceae | Genus: Dodonaea | Species: Dodonaea viscosa (L.) Jacq.( विलायती मेहँदी ) |
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| Synonym | Ptelea viscosa Linn., Dodonaea dioica Roxb. | Flower Color | Red - Pink |
| Common Name | Sinatha, Vilayati – Mehndi., Sinatha | Flower Type | Panicle |
| English / Trade Name | Hop Bush, Hopseed, Switch sorrel | Flowering Period | July-Sept |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Sinatha, Vilayati – Mehndi | Fruiting Period | Oct-Dec |
| Altitude | Upto 1500 m | Fruit Type | Capsule |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | Capsule compressed, 2 – 4 valved, each valve with an oblong membranous, broad, rounded wing; seeds black, without an aril, lenticular or subglobose. |
| Habitat | Common; often met with exposed dry slopes in thickets, to 1500 m, also cultivated as hedge plant. Warmer parts of India; and other warmer regions of the world. | Bark Type | Fissured |
| Distribution | Australia, S. Africa, N. America, China, India, Sri Lanka and W. Pakistan. | Bark Details | Bark greyish brown |
| Distribution in Haryana | Ambala, Faridabad, Fatehabad, Gurgaon, Hisar, Jhajjar, Jind, Karnal, Kurukshetra, M. Garh, Mewat, Morni-Pinjore, Palwal, Panipat, Rewari, Rohtak, Yamuna Nagar | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Elliptic | ||
| Description of Species | Evergreen shrubs; branches glandular. Leaves, subsessile, 2.5 – 12 cm long, oblanceolate, subapiculate, base cuneate, margins entire or revolute. Flowers ca 2 mm across, greenish – yellow, in short terminal panicles. Sepals 5. Petals absent. Stamens usually 8. Disc obsolete in the male flowers, small in female flowers. Ovary 3 – 4 loculed. Capsule compressed, 2 – 4 valved, each valve with an oblong membranous, broad, rounded wing; seeds black, without an aril, lenticular or subglobose. | Leaf Details | Leaves, subsessile, 2.5 – 12 cm long, oblanceolate, subapiculate, base cuneate, margins entire or revolute. |
