Flacourtia rukam (Cultivated)

Flacourtia rukam Zoll. & Moritzi, Syst. Verz. Java 33 1846. (syn: Flacourtia cataphracta Bl.; Flacourtia edulis Griff.; Flacourtia euphlebia Merrill; Flacourtia megaphylla Ridl.;  Flacourtia peninsularis Elmer ex Merr.; Flacourtia sulcata Elmer; Flacourtia sulcata Elmer);   China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan), Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, trop. Africa (introduced), Java, Moluccas, New Guinea, Fiji (introduced), peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo, […]

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Flacourtia inermis (Cultivated)

Flacourtia inermis Roxb., Pl. Coromandel 3: 16 1811. (Syn: Flacourtia quintuplinervis Turcz.); Java, India (I), Sumatra, peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sulawesi, Moluccas, New Guinea, Bismarck Arch. (New Britain), Sri Lanka (I), Myanmar [Burma] (I), Palau Isl. (Babeldaob), Puerto Rico (I), trop. Africa (I) as per Catalogue of Life; Probably a native of Malaya, cultivated in some […]

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Flacourtia montana

Flacourtia montana J. Graham, Cat. Pl. Bombay 10 10 1839. (syn: Flacourtia inermis Miq. ex Hook. fil. & Thoms. (ambiguous synonym)); . India: Semi evergreen and moist deciduous forests of Western Ghats, up to 1000 m (1800 m). Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala as per BSI Flora of India (1993); . flak-KOOR-tee-uh — named for […]

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Flacourtia latifolia

Flacourtia latifolia (Hook. f. & Thomson) T. Cooke, Fl. Bombay 1: 56 56 1901. (Flacourtia ramontchi var. latifolia Hook. f. & Thomson); India: Semi evergreen and moist deciduous forests of Western Ghats, up to 1200 m. Maharashtra, Karnataka and Kerala as per BSI Flora of India (1993);   Common name: Broad-Leaved Coffee-Plum • Marathi: तांबट […]

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Flacourtia jangomas

Flacourtia jangomas (Lour.) Raeusch., Nomencl. Bot (ed. 3) 280, 290 280 1797. (Syn: Flacourtia cataphracta Roxb. ex Willd.; Flacourtia hilsenbergii C. Presl; Flacourtia jangomas (Lour.) Steud.; Rumea jangomas (Lour.) Spreng.; Stigmarota jangomas Lour.; Xylosma borneense Ridl.); . India: Frequently semi wild in Brahmaputra Valley and adjoining areas in the North-east (probably originally from Bangladesh-Assam-Upper Myanmar), elsewhere […]

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Flacourtia indica

Flacourtia indica (Burm. f.) Merr., Interpr. Herb. amboin. 377. 1917 (Syn. Flacourtia afra Pichi-Serm.; Flacourtia balansae Gagnep.; Flacourtia cordifolia Roxb.; Flacourtia edulis Schum. & Thonn. (ambiguous synonym); Flacourtia elliptica (Tul.) Warb.; Flacourtia flavescens Willd.; Flacourtia gambecola Clos; Flacourtia hirtiuscula Oliv.; Flacourtia kirkii Burtt Davy; Flacourtia lenis Craib; Flacourtia lucida Salisb.; Flacourtia obcordata Roxb.; Flacourtia parvifolia […]

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