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Flacourtia
''Flacourtia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Salicaceae. It was previously placed in the now defunct family Flacourtiaceae. The generic name honors Étienne de Flacourt (1607–1660), a governor of Madagascar. It contains 23 species of shrubs and small trees that are native to the African and Asian tropics and subtropics. Several species, especially ''Flacourtia indica'', are cultivated as Ornamental plant, ornamentals and for their fruits. The trunks of small trees are often guarded by branching spines. Species As accepted by Plants of the World Online; * ''Flacourtia amalotricha'' * ''Flacourtia cavaleriei'' * ''Flacourtia degeneri'' * ''Flacourtia flavescens'' * ''Flacourtia helferi'' * ''Flacourtia indica'' – southern Asia, Madagascar * ''Flacourtia inermis'' (Batoko plum) * ''Flacourtia jangomas'' – (Indian coffee plum) Tropical Asia * ''Flacourtia kinabaluensis'' * ''Flacourtia latifolia'' * ''Flacourtia mollipila'' * ''Flacourtia molli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flacourtia Indica
''Flacourtia indica'' (known commonly as ramontchi, governor's plum and Indian plum), is a species of flowering plant native to much of Africa and tropical and temperate parts of Asia. It has various uses, including folk medicine, fuel, animal food and human food. Description This is a bushy shrub or tree with a spiny trunk and branches. In shrub form, it grows up to , and as a tree, it reaches a maximum height around . The drooping branches bear oval leaves. The seeds are biological dispersal, dispersed by birds. This tree has thorns similar to that of a lime or lemon tree. If in contact with the thorns, it leaves a nasty stinging pain. Taxonomy It is also commonly known as the 'batako' plum. It was first described and published as ''Gmelina indica'' by Nicolaas Laurens Burman in Fl. Ind. 132, t. 39, fig. 5 in 1768, it was then re-published as ''Flacourtia indica'' by Elmer Drew Merrill in Interpr. Herb. Amboin. on page 377 in 1917. ''F. indica'' and ''Flacourtia ramontchi'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flacourtia Amalotricha
''Flacourtia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Salicaceae. It was previously placed in the now defunct family Flacourtiaceae. The generic name honors Étienne de Flacourt (1607–1660), a governor of Madagascar. It contains 23 species of shrubs and small trees that are native to the African and Asian tropics and subtropics. Several species, especially ''Flacourtia indica'', are cultivated as ornamentals and for their fruits. The trunks of small trees are often guarded by branching spines. Species As accepted by Plants of the World Online; * '' Flacourtia amalotricha'' * '' Flacourtia cavaleriei'' * '' Flacourtia degeneri'' * '' Flacourtia flavescens'' * '' Flacourtia helferi'' * ''Flacourtia indica'' – southern Asia, Madagascar * '' Flacourtia inermis'' (Batoko plum) * '' Flacourtia jangomas'' – (Indian coffee plum) Tropical Asia * '' Flacourtia kinabaluensis'' * '' Flacourtia latifolia'' * '' Flacourtia mollipila'' * '' Flacourtia mollis'' * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flacourtia Jangomas
''Flacourtia jangomas'', or also known as the Indian coffee plum, Indian plum, or scramberry, is a lowland and mountain rain forest tree in the family Salicaceae. It was once placed in the Flacourtiaceae family. It is widely cultivated in Southeast and East Asia, and has escaped cultivation in a number of places. Its wild origin is unknown but is speculated to be tropical Asia, most likely India and Sri Lanka. This tree is very common in Southern and South Western India along the Western Ghats, and is of culinary and medical importance, especially in Kerala. Description Tree ''Flacourtia jangomas'' is a small, deciduous shrub or tree that grows to a height of 6-10m. Trunk and branches are commonly thornless in old trees, but densely beset with simple or branched, blunt woody thorns when younger. Bark is light-brown to copper-red with a flaky texture and the leaves are light green and narrow ovate in shape. The leaves and roots contain tannin. Flowers and fruit It produce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flacourtia Montana
''Flacourtia montana'' is a plant in the family of Salicaceae. It is native to southern Asia. The species presents as a tree up to 20 m in height. Description The tree can attain height about 25 m and girth up to 1.7 m. Tree trunk will be covered with sharp stout thorns at its base. Young parts of the tree is hirsute and young leaves are reddish. Leaves are simple and shows alternate phyllotaxy. Petiole is pubescent with a length of 0.3-0.8 cm. Lamina size: 7-15 × 4-8 cm. Leaf shape is elliptic-oblong with acuminate leaf apex and crenate leaf margin. The leaf is 3-nerved at the base with 4-7 pairs of secondary nerves. Flowers are edible ,dioecious, seen in axillary cymes. Fruits are spherical, smooth, scarlet red, with a size of 1-1.5 cm across. Distribution This flora is endemic to semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests of Western Ghats, up to 1000 m (1800 m). Maharshtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. its also known as Gajale, Hennu sampige, Nayibelain in Kannada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flacourtiaceae
The Flacourtiaceae is a defunct family of flowering plants whose former members have been scattered to various families, mostly to the Achariaceae and Salicaceae. It was so vaguely defined that hardly anything seemed out of place there and it became a dumping ground for odd and anomalous genera, gradually making the family even more heterogeneous. In 1975, Hermann Sleumer noted that "Flacourtiaceae as a family is a fiction; only the tribes are homogeneous." In Cronquist's classification, the Flacourtiaceae included 79–89 genera and 800–1000 species. Of these, many, including the type genus '' Flacourtia'', have now been transferred to the Salicaceae in the molecular phylogeny-based classification, known as the APG IV system, established by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. In the list below, the Salicaceae are circumscribed broadly. Some taxonomists further divide the Salicaceae ''sensu lato'' into three families: Salicaceae ''sensu stricto ''Sensu'' is a Latin word meanin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
