• Family : MORACEAE
  (Mulberry Or Fig Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : ANJEER FAMILY (अंजीर फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : MORACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Streblus asper Lour.
• Common name : Siamese Roughbush
• Vernacular name : Sihora, Daheya (Hindi); Mitte mara, Penalige mara (Kannada); Kuttipila, Purramaram (Tamil); Sakhotaka (Sanskrit); Dindumaram, Paravamaram, Paruka, Paruva, Shangkoda-vriksham (Malayalam); Sara, Sahuda, Sahada (Oria); Barnika (Telugu); Daheya, Sora, Karchanua, Rusa (Hindi)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Open, scrub, moist and dry deciduous forests
• Comments / notes : On plains to 1000m.
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
• Distribution :
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
• World Distribution : India including Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China, Hainan, Thailand, Malesia
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Sudhakar Reddy, C et al., 2009. Tree Wealth of Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Streblus asper. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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