Schrebera swietenioides explained

Schrebera swietenioides is a flowering plant in the family Oleaceae found in India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia and Laos. It prefers dry forests. It is commonly known as weaver's beam tree.[1] Other names are mala plasu, muskkakavrksam, maggamaram', manimaram, mushkakavriksham, malamplasu and malamblasu. Flowering season is from February to April.[2]

Description

Leaves are compound, imparipinnate, opposite, estipulate; rachis 5–10 cm, slender, pubescent flowers are bisexual, yellowish brown, fragrant, 1 cm in size, nocturnal, in terminal, trichotomous cymes. Stigma is shortly bifid. Fruit is a pendulous capsule, 5 x 2.5 cm, obovoid, loculicidally 2 valved. The seeds are winged. Capsule is the size of a hen's egg, and pear shaped.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Bagyanarayana. Gaddam. Ramesh. Polluri. Ono. Yoshitaka. December 2001. Phakopsora schreberae, sp. nov. (Uredinales) occurs on Schrebera swietenioides in India. Mycoscience. 42. 6. 631–632. 10.1007/bf02460963. 1340-3540.
  2. Web site: Schrebera swietenioides - efloraofindia. sites.google.com. 2019-01-20.
  3. Web site: Schrebera swietenioides - Weaver's Beam Tree. www.flowersofindia.net. 2019-01-20.