- Family : MYRSINACEAE
(Myrsine Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : VIDANGA FAMILY (विडंग फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Primulaceae
- Synonym(s) : Buxus dioica Forssk.; Myrica arabica Willd.; Myrica montana Vahl; Myrsine acuta Salisb.; Myrsine africana var. acuminata C.Y.Wu & C.Chen; Myrsine africana var. glandulosa J.M.Zhang; Myrsine bifaria Wall.; Myrsine bottensis A.DC.; Myrsine glabra Gaertn.; Myrsine microphylla Hayata; Myrsine potama D.Don; Myrsine rotundifolia Lam.; Myrsine scabra Gaertn.; Myrsine vacciniifolia Hayata; Samara potama Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don; Rhamnus myrtillus H.Lév.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Myrsine africana L.
- Common name : Cape Myrtle, African boxwood, Thakisa
- Vernacular name :
- Bandraru oleander, Banwa, Banwan, Basuti, Chapra, Chhota mehndru (Hindi)
- Vidanga (Sanskrit)
- Habit : Shrub
- Habitat : Sparse mixed forests, open mountain slopes, sunny dry places, scrub, fields, roadsides; 300 - 3600 m. altitude
- Flower, Fruit : February-January
- Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Punjab : Punjab
- Native : Afghanistan, Angola, Azores, Cape Provinces, China, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, India, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Pakistan, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tibet, Uganda, We
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Azores, Eritrea to South Africa, Arabian Peninsula to China, Taiwan and Great Britain
- Literature :
- Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 169
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Myrsine africana. Downloaded on 15 October 2024.
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