Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun

Complete Taxonomic details of Species: Streblus asper Lour.

Family: Moraceae Genus: Streblus Species: Streblus asper Lour.( सिहोरा )

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Synonym Diplothorax tonkinensis Gagnep. Flower Color Greenish
Common Name Choria, Daheya, Dahia, Karchanna, Rusa, Sahora, Sihora Flower Type Solitary
English / Trade Name Sand Paper Tree, Siamese rough bush, Toothbrush tree Flowering Period Jan-March
Vernacular /Local Name Choria, Daheya, Dahia, Karchanna, Rusa, Sahora, Sihora Fruiting Period April-June
Altitude Up to 1000 m Fruit Type Drupe
Habit Tree Fruit Details Drupes globose, about the size of pea, yellow when ripe, with persistent perianth
Habitat Uncommon; along the river banks and streams. Bark Type Smooth
Distribution Outer Himalaya and adjacent plains, C.W. and S. India; Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and China. Bark Details Bark soft, thick, greenish-grey or whitish.
Distribution in Haryana Ambala, Yamuna Nagar Origin Native
    Leaf Type Simple
    Leaf Arrangement Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
    Leaf Shape Elliptic
Description of Species Small, unarmed, evergreen trees or shrubs, up to 8 m high; bark soft, thick, greenish-grey or whitish. Leaves elliptic-obovate or rhomboid, acute or acuminate, more or less dentate. Male flowers in shortly stalked globose heads; perianth campanulate. Female flowers solitary on slender fascicled long pedicels; tepals 4. Fruit a drupes globose, about the size of pea, yellow when ripe, with persistent perianth. Leaf Details Leaves elliptic-obovate or rhomboid, acute or acuminate, more or less dentate.
 

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