Erythroxylum monogynum Roxb.

 
  • Family : ERYTHROXYLACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Erythroxylaceae
  • Species : Erythroxylum monogynum
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Erythroxylum monogynum Roxb.
  • Common name : Bastard Sandalwood Tree of India
  • Collection Nos : KFP 1563, KFP 10216, HFP 608
  • Endemism : South-west India
  • Key identification features : A small tree to large shrub. Leaves are alternate, sometimes fascicled, obovate and glaucous beneath. Flowers are solitary or in fascicles. Petals are greenish-white. Stamens are monadelphous. Fruit is a drupe with a single seed and bright red when ripe. Common in scrub jungles. Bark is brown, relatively smooth with faint irregular anastamosing fissures.
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Native : India
  • Comments : Wood is slightly fragrant and used as an adulterant for Sandalwood
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Bangalore, Chikamagalur, Chitradurga, Davanagere, Hassan, Kodagu, Kolar, Mysore, Tumkur
  • Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Saldanha, 1996; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Bangalore; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere

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