Hovenia acerba Lindl., Bot. Reg. 6: , pl. 501 1820. (syn: Hovenia dulcis var. acerba (Lindl.) G. Sen Gupta & B. Safui; Hovenia inaequalis DC.; Hovenia parviflora Nakai & Y. Kimura; Zizyphus esquirolii H. Lév.); China (Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan,
Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan), India (Punjab, Assam, Darjeeling,
Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu),
Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar [Burma] as per Catalogue of Life; Small to large deciduous tree 10-25m; branchlets pubescent, becoming glabrous. Leaves ovate or broadly ovate, 9-15 x 4-10cm, acuminate, base rounded or truncate often obliquely, margin sharply serrate, 3-veined at base, pubescent on veins beneath or glabrous; petiole 1.2-2cm; stipules minute, early caducous. Cymes terminal and in many upper leaf axils, 2-4cm diameter; penduncles pubescent, 1-4cm. Calyx lobes reflexed, triangular, c 1.5mm. Petals equalling sepals, concave, spathulate, spreading and enclosing stamens. Styles c 1.5mm, 3-lobed to middle. Fruit globose, 5-6mm, borne on swollen fleshy branched peduncles. Fl. May-June Subtropical and warm broad-leaved forests. (Attributions- A.C.J Grierson & D.G Long. Flora of Bhutan. Published by RBGE. 1991 as per Bhutan Biodiversity Portal) Is it Hovenia sp. Locality - Nagaland Thanks, ..., Was it cultivated or wild? To me appears close to Hovenia acerba as per References: Catalogue of Life The Plant List Ver. 1.1 World Flora Online Tropicos IPNI Flora of China FOC illustration GBIF (high resolution specimens) FRLHT tradewindsfruit libproject POWO India Biodiversity Portal Bhutan Biodiversity Portal Flora of Peninsular India |
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