Schrebera swietenioides

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.[2] Other names are mala plasu, muskkakavrksam, maggamaram', manimaram, mushkakavriksham, malamplasu and malamblasu. Flowering season is from February to April.[3]

Schrebera swietenioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Oleaceae
Genus: Schrebera
Species:
S. swietenioides
Binomial name
Schrebera swietenioides
Synonyms[1]
  • Nathusia swietenioides (Roxb.) Kuntze
  • Schrebera pubescens Kurz
  • Schrebera swietenioides var. pubescens (Kurz) Kurz

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.[4]

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