Streblus taxoides (Heyne ex Roth) Kurz

Type
Indigenous
Family
Moraceae
Synonym
Tropis taxoides Heyne ex Roth
Synonym_2
Phylloclamys spinosa (Roxb.) Bur.
Local Name
Kadala
Habit
Small sized tree
Botanical Features

Large shrubs with stout axillary spines. Leaves elliptic or ovate to obovate, acute to acuminate, base cuneate, dentate along distal half, to 12 x 5 cm. Male inflorescence axillary, in groups of 1-4 with 8-12 flowers. Female solitary, axillary. Drupe ellipsoid, ca 1 cm across, yellow, subtended by the enlarged foliaceous tepals, ca 2 cm long.