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Ceriscoides turgida (Roxb.) Tirveng.

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Rubiaceae > Ceriscoides

Characteristics

A shrub or small tree. It grows 8 m tall. It has spines. The leaves are opposite and clasp the stem. The leaves on lower branches are smaller and on higher branches are 4-9 cm long by 2-5 cm wide. They are thick and papery. The flowers have 5 parts. They are white and turn yellow with age. The fruit is a round berry 5 cm long by 4 cm wide. It has many seeds in a fleshy pulp.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 8.0
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in dry deciduous forests in the Ghats in India.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The ripe fruit are eaten. They are cooked and used as a vegetable.
Uses material medicinal
Edible fruits shoots
Therapeutic use Asthma (bark), Dyspnea (bark), Filariasis (bark), Spasm (bark), Abdominal pain (fruit), Antineoplastic agents (fruit), Antiviral agents (fruit), Cardiovascular agents (fruit), Eye diseases (fruit), Fever (fruit), Hematuria (fruit), Inflammation (fruit), Mammary glands, human (fruit), Vomiting (fruit), Pain (rhizome), Abdominal pain (root), Antirheumatic agents (root), Digestive system diseases (root), Dizziness (root), Dyspepsia (root), Epilepsy (root), Fever (root), Filariasis (root), Headache (root), Inflammation (root), Jaundice (root), Migraine disorders (root), Pain (root), Rheumatic diseases (root), Scorpion stings (root), Snake bites (root), Vomiting (root), Anthelmintics (seed), Antitoxins (seed), Intestinal diseases, parasitic (seed), Epilepsy (stem), Fever (stem), Antidote(Fish) (unspecified), Antidote(Scorpion) (unspecified), Bite(Snake) (unspecified), Dyspepsia (unspecified), Epilepsy (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Mammary (unspecified), Pimple (unspecified), Puerperium (unspecified), Shampoo (unspecified), Tubercle (unspecified), Headache (unspecified), Fistula (unspecified), Ringworm (unspecified), Acne vulgaris (unspecified), Anaphylaxis (unspecified), Antifungal agents (unspecified), Antineoplastic agents (unspecified), Antiviral agents (unspecified), Asthma (unspecified), Cholera (unspecified), Dysentery (unspecified), Dyspnea (unspecified), Hematuria (unspecified), Hypotension (unspecified), Neuralgia (unspecified), Pain (unspecified), Parasympatholytics (unspecified), Pleurisy (unspecified), Pneumonia (unspecified), Smallpox (unspecified), Snake bites (unspecified), Spasm (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
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Cultivation

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Images

Ceriscoides turgida unspecified picture

Distribution

Ceriscoides turgida world distribution map, present in Andorra, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:746249-1
WFO ID wfo-0000835177
COL ID SYJN
BDTFX ID -
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Randia turgida Ceriscoides turgida Gardenia donia Gardenia montana Gardenia turgida Gardenia turgida var. montana
WorldFloraDB 2024