Maesa angustifolia A.DC.

 
  • Family : MYRSINACEAE
    (Myrsine Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : VIDANGA FAMILY (विडंग फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Primulaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Baeobotrys picta Hochst. ex Walp.; Baeobotrys rufescens E.Mey. ex A.DC.; Embelia mildbraedii Gilg & G.Schellenb.; Maesa angolensis Gilg; Maesa angustifolia A.DC.; Maesa arabica J.F.Gmel.; Maesa butaguensis De Wild.; Maesa djalonis A.Chev.; Maesa emirnensis A.DC.; Maesa indica Hook.f.; Maesa lanceolata var. mildbraedii (Gilg & G.Schellenb.) Lebrun; Maesa lanceolata var. serratifolia A.Rich.; Maesa mentzelii Gilg & G.Schellenb.; Maesa mildbraedii Gilg & G.Schellenb.; Maesa palustris Hochst.; Maesa picta Hochst.; Maesa ruwenzoriensis De Wild.; Maesa trichophlebia Baker
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Maesa lanceolata subsp. Lanceolata
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Key identification features : Shrubs or small trees; younger parts puberulous; Leaves lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate, long acuminate, dentate; Flowers in axillary panicles, white; Fruits globose, creamy white when ripe.
  • Flower, Fruit : September- December
  • Distribution :
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Kameng, Lohit, Tirap
  • Native : Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, S
  • Exotic/Native : Exotic
  • World Distribution : Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
  • Literature :
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 121
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Maesa angustifolia. Downloaded on 7 November 2024.

India Distribution

World Distribution

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