Atalantia simplicifolia

Atalantia simplicifolia is a species of plants in the family Rutaceae. It can be considered as shrub or small tree with average height up to 5 m.[1]

Atalantia simplifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Rutaceae
Subfamily:	Aurantioideae
Genus:	Atalantia
Species:	A. simplifolia
Binomial name
Atalantia simplifolia (Roxb.) A. DC.
Synonyms
Amyris simplicifolia Roxb. Atalantia caudata (hooker.) Atalantia roxburghii Oliv

Description

Shrubs or small trees, up to 5 m high; branchlets slender, cylindric, glabrous. Leaves unifoliolate, leaflet 7.5-13.5 x 2.5-5.2 cm, elliptic-lanceolate or elliptic-oblong, shallowly narrowed at base, caudate-acuminate at apex with 10–15 mm long acumen, entire along margins, coriaceous, glabrous, notched at tip; secondary nerves ca 10 pairs with as many fainter ones in between arising at angles 50-600 with the midnerve, finely reticulate; petioles 5–10 mm long, horizontally grooved above, articulate with base of blade, glabrous. Inflorescence axillary racemes, up to 2.5 cm long, few-flowered, glabrous; pedicels slender, ca 7 mm long, glabrous. Flowers small. Calyx small with 4 minute, acute sepals. Petals 4, obovate-oblong. Stamens 8, free; anthers ovoid. Ovary seated on an annular disk, 2-locular; each locule with 2-collateral ovules; stigma subcapitate. Berry globose, glandular, 2-locular, young (unripe) fruits ca 10 x 8 mm.[2]

Location

India: Meghalaya, Mizoram and Nagaland.[1]

References

1. "Botanical Servey of India | Flora of India". efloraindia.nic.in. Archived from the original on 2016-10-01. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
2. "Atalantia simplicifolia (Roxb.) Engl. | Species | India Biodiversity Portal". indiabiodiversity.org. Retrieved 2016-10-01.