Scolopia crenata (Wight & Arn.) Clos

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Salicaceae > Scolopia

Characteristics

An evergreen tree. It grows up to 18 m tall. The tree and branches can have thorns. The leaves are simple and alternate. The leaf blade is 6-12 cm long by 2-5 cm wide. It is narrowly oval to sword shaped and tapers to the tip. The flowers are in groups in the axils of leaves. They are white and there are many stamens. The fruit are round berries 2 cm across. There are 2-6 seeds.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 18.0
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Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in forests up to 1,800 m above sea level in India. It Nepal it grows up to 800 m above sea level.
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A subcanopy tree in evergreen to semievergreen forests at elevations up to 1,800 metres.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The ripe fruit are eaten.
Uses medicinal wood
Edible fruits
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Images

Scolopia crenata unspecified picture

Distribution

Scolopia crenata world distribution map, present in India and Sri Lanka

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:112065-1
WFO ID wfo-0000914016
COL ID 4VSFV
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Scolopia crenata Phoberos saevus Scolopia pseudocrenata Scolopia wightiana Phoberos acuminatus Phoberos crenatus Phoberos lanceolatus Phoberos wightianus