Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Vitaceae | Genus: Leea | Species:
Leea asiatica (L.)
Ridsdale
( बनचालिता ) |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Leea crispa L., Leea edgeworthii Santapau | Flower Color | Greenish |
| Common Name | Banchalita | Flower Type | Cyme |
| English / Trade Name | Banchalita | Flowering Period | July-Sept |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Banchalita | Fruiting Period | Oct-Dec |
| Altitude | Up to 500 m | Fruit Type | Berry |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | Fruit a berry, slaty-green and finally blue-black. |
| Habitat | Miscellaneous forests, particularly in ravines in shady places. | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | West Himalaya, Central & South India; Indomalaysia, West China. | Bark Details | Sulcate, puberulous with reddish-brown hairs. |
| Distribution in Haryana | Yamuna Nagar | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Compound | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Pinnate | ||
| Description of Species | Perennial erect, deciduous herb or shrubs, with under ground rootstocks; stem sulcate, puberulous with reddish-brown hairs. Leaves imparipinnate, lower ones often bipinnate; lanceolate-oblong to obovate, rounded base, dentate serrate. Flowers greenish white, in leaf opposed corymbose cymes. Petals 5, lanceolate oblong. Fruit a berry, slaty-green and finally blue-black. | Leaf Details | Leaves imparipinnate, lower ones often bipinnate; lanceolate-oblong to obovate, rounded base, dentate serrate. |
