Saurauia armata Kurz

 
  • Family : SAURAUIACEAE
    (Saurauia Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GUGNA FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Actinidiaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Saurauia dillenioides Gagnep.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Saurauia armata Kurz
  • Common name : Parbatia Sengunia, Spiny Saurauia
  • Vernacular name :
    • Parbatia Sengunia (Assamese)
    • Nagri (Garo)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Subtropical mixed forests or Eastern Himalayas
  • Comments / notes : Sweet crushed young twigs and leaves are applied on cuts and wounds to stop bleeding and for healing.
  • Key identification features : Fruit berry, globose-ovoid, glabrous or hairy, usually ribbed, rarely dry and subdehiscent. Seeds numerous, small, brown, albuminous.
  • Flower, Fruit : March-August
  • Distribution :
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : India, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • Literature :
    • Herbarium collected by Patanjali Bhartiya Ayurvigyan AvUm Anusandhan Sansthan, Haridwar, Uttarkhand
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Saurauia armata. Downloaded on 9 October 2024.

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