Leea indica (Burm. f.) Merr.
synonym | Aquilicia ottilis Gaertn. |
synonym | Aquilicia sambucina L. |
synonym | Leea acuminata Herb. Kew. ex C. B. Clarke |
synonym | Leea aequata Roxb. ex Wight & Arn. |
synonym | Leea arborea Sieber ex Miq. |
synonym | Leea biserrata Miq. |
synonym | Leea callosa Zipp. ex Miq. |
synonym | Leea celebica C. B. Clarke |
synonym | Leea coccinea Boj. |
synonym | Leea divaricata T. & B. |
synonym | Leea expansa Craib |
synonym | Leea fuliginosa Miq. |
synonym | Leea gigantea Griff. |
synonym | Leea gracilis Lauterb. |
synonym | Leea heterophylla Zipp. ex Miq. |
synonym | Leea naumannii Engl. |
synonym | Leea novo-guineensis Valeton |
synonym | Leea ottilis DC. |
synonym | Leea palembanica Miq. |
synonym | Leea pubescens Zipp. ex Miq. |
synonym | Leea ramosii Merrill |
synonym | Leea robusta Bl. |
synonym | Leea roehrsiana Sander |
synonym | Leea sambucifolia Salisb. |
synonym | Leea sambucina (L.) Willd. |
synonym | Leea simplex Zipp. ex Miq. |
synonym | Leea speciosa Sieber ex Miq. |
synonym | Leea staphylea Roxb. |
synonym | Leea striata Zipp. ex Miq. |
synonym | Leea sumatrana Miq. |
synonym | Leea sundaica Miq. |
synonym | Leea umbraculifera C. B. Clarke |
synonym | Leea viridiflora Planch. |
synonym | Otillis zeylanica Gaertn. |
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Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Habit
Large shrubs or small trees, up to 5 m tall.
Trunk & Bark
Stems several to single, often with stilt roots.
Branches and Branchlets
Young branchlets angled, glabrescent.
Leaves
Leaves compound, bipinnate to tripinnate, alternate, spiral; rachis 10-20 cm, long; petiolules 0.5-2.5 cm; stipules purple, sheathing, obovate-oblong, glabrous; leaflets 6-21 x 3.5-7.5 cm, ovate to lanceolate, apex acuminate to caudate, base acute to rounded, margin serrate to dentate, glabrous, chartaceous, drying brown; midrib raised above; secondary nerves 7-12 pairs; tertiary nerves reticulo-percurrent.
Inflorescence / Flower
Inflorescence corymbose cymes; calyx green, petals cream.
Fruit and Seed
Berry, depressed, globose, ca.0.7 cm across, purple black; seeds 4-6.
Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Global Distribution
India: Throughout
Indian Distribution
Throughout Assam
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Global Distribution
Indo-Malesia, China and Australia
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
System of Medicines Used In
System Of Medicines Used In
Ayurveda, Folk medicine, Siddha
Attributions | FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1297 |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
- Leea sambucina (L.) Willd., Sp. Pl. 1: 1177. 1798; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 666. 1875; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 240(172). 1918.
- Leea indica (Burm. f.) Merr., Philipp. J. Sci. 14. 245. 1919; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 70. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 122. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 106. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 61. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 107. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 109. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 137. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 127. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 122. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 74. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 23,31. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 114. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 73. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 157. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 75. 1998; B.D. Naithani in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 337. 2000; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 72. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 170. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 137. 2005; W. Arisdason et al. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 767. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 182. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 238. 2009.
- Staphylea indica Burm. f., Fl. Ind. 75,t.23. f.2. 1768.
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1297
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983; Matthew, 1983 , Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002, Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004, Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000
- Leea sambucina (L.) Willd., Sp. Pl. 1: 1177. 1798; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 666. 1875; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 240(172). 1918.
- Leea indica (Burm. f.) Merr., Philipp. J. Sci. 14. 245. 1919; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 70. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 122. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 106. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 61. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 107. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 109. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 137. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 127. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 122. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 74. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 23,31. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 114. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 73. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 157. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 75. 1998; B.D. Naithani in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 337. 2000; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 72. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 170. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 137. 2005; W. Arisdason et al. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 767. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 182. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 238. 2009.
- Staphylea indica Burm. f., Fl. Ind. 75,t.23. f.2. 1768.
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1297
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983; Matthew, 1983 , Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002, Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004, Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000
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Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Order | Vitales |
Family | Vitaceae |
Genus | Leea |
Species | Leea indica (Burm. f.) Merr. |