Ehretia aspera Willd. (syn: Bourreria aspera (Willd.) G. Don; Bourreria dichotoma Rottl. ex G. Don; Bourreria laevis G. Don; Bourreria punctata (Roth ex Roem. & Schult.) G. Don; Ehretia affinis Wall.; Ehretia catronga Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.; Ehretia championi Wight & Gardn. ex C. B. Cl.; Ehretia dichotoma Rottl. ex Wall.; Ehretia heynei Roem. & Schult.; Ehretia laevis var. aspera (Willd.) C.B.Clarke; Ehretia laevis var. pubescens (Royle ex Benth.) C.B.Clarke; Ehretia pubescens Royle; Ehretia punctata Roth ex Roem. & Schult.; Ehretia tomentosa Roth ex Roem. & Schult.; Traxilum asperum (Willd.) Rafin.) as per Catalogue of Life; . India as per Catalogue of Life; . Small trees; height 10 m; bark grey; branchlets stout, lenticellate, pale brown, younger parts softy hairy. Leaves simple, alternate; petiole 6-15 mm long, slender, glabrous; lamina 5.5-9 x 2-3.5 cm, elliptic-oblong, oblanceolate or obovate; base cuneate; apex obtuse; margin entire, coriaceous, scabrous; lateral nerves 5-7 pairs, pinnate, prominent, slender; intercostae reticulate. Flowers in terminal or axillary corymbose, 1 cm, white; calyx tube 1.5 mm, lobes 1 mm; stamens 5, filaments 1 m long; ovary 4-celled; style bifid, short; stigma minute. Fruit a drupe, globose, 6.5 mm across, black when ripe. Flowering and fruiting: January-February Dry deciduous forests India (From India Biodiversity Portal (Ehretiapubescens Benth.)
This Shrub was spotted growing in the wild near Pune. I could spot only few flowers. Shrub was in fruiting stage. Fruits were round, orange coloured, around 6mm. Leaves were Hairy. Bot. name: Ehretia aspera, Roxb. ID ref: “Trees of Pune” by Shrikant ji and Flora of Bombay—- T.Cooke.
Boraginaceae Week: Ehretia laevis from Panipat 2012: 7 images. Very nice crisp photographs. Yes, this doesn’t seem to be Ehretia laevis because the fruits are not 2-lobed. Likely to be Ehretia aspera. the acuminate apex and leaves size also support to the Ehretia aspera
Ehretia aspera Pune: Ehretia aspera Spotted flowering on Hanuman Tekdi. Pune Family : Boraginaceae A large shrub or a small tree. Leaves variable. 2.0 – 5.5 x 0.6 – 3.0 cm., oblong elliptic or obovate, glabrous or slightly scabrous above (As against glabrous in E.laevis), hairy beneath, apex rounded or shortly acuminate. Flowers white 0.6 – 0.8 cm long. Calyx 0.2cm hairy outside.
Boraginaceae Week:: Ehretia aspera.: Ehretia aspera. Vetal tekdi Pune. A shrub rather than a tree. Leaves rougher than those of E.laevis. Flowers in scorpioid cymes. The pictures with fruits show the classicle scopioid inflorescence characteristic of the family. Somehow I couldn’t find clear pictures of the leaves. Will post them when I get it.
Found in Vandalur Hills -Chennai. Ehretia sp. [Boraginaceae]. Pl. Check comparative images at efi site at Ehretia page. Giving the link Thanks for your help. This particular photograph [42c54094-bed4-40de-a50e-ea917cd98f34.jpg] is of a Premna sp. [Lamiaceae / ex-Verbenaceae]. It is an altogether different plant from the image of the Ehretia sp. [20170711_175627.jpg] posted in the first email of this thread. Thanks for clearing. The forest I go has trees with almost same size every where green. I think that’s why I am confusing with different species. Sorry for confusion. Not Ehretia cymosa Thonn. ?. Can it be Ehretia aspera Willd.as per images herein? I will get more pictures with bark, tree size and leaves enlarged
Flowers, fruits and bark attached. Attachments (5) The tree is Ehretia It is Ehretia pubescens/ Ehretia laevis var.pubescens(Benth.) C.B. Clarke
Small Tree for ID – Hyderabad – 12032014-NAW1 : 11 posts by 5 authors. 7 images. Kindly identify this small tree or big shrub 4-5 metres tall growing in a park but probably wild. Photographed on the 13th March 2014. Minute white flowers in inflorescence on the ends of branches (in the 5th picture you can see a small ant in the inflorescence for scale). new leaves lighter green and more hairy. mature leaves 6-7 cm long. It may be Ehretia pubescens. Is this Persea americana : Avocado plant???? Not Persea atleast efi page on Ehretia laevis (syn: ……… Ehretia pubescens Benth.; …………) Yes, it looks like Ehretia pubescens So is Ehretia pubescens the same as Ehretia laevis or a different species? I checked Trees of Andhra Pradesh by T. Pullaiah and Sandhya Rani pg 356, where both are described as different species. The flowers of this plant seem to me different from those of Ehretia laevis as shown on the flowers of india website. Thanks, …, I have been following- Ehretia pubescens Benth. is a synonym of Ehretialaevis Roxb. as per The Plant List in efi page at Ehretia laevis Can you bring out the differences given in Trees of Andhra Pradesh by T. Pullaiah and Sandhya Rani ? May be the experts can help in sorting out this issue. Im not very conversant with botanical jargon. below I quote extract from page 354 “… here are the differences between the 2 species Keys can be written in different ways taking different criterion.
Ehretia laevis : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3)- 1 mb or more. Found in Vandalur forest. Chennai. It may be Ehretia aspera Willd.as per your other post herein
Identification required…from Punjab Pakistan : 8 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (4)- around 350 kb each. Kindly identify this small tree present in a scrub forest Punjab Pakistan This appears to be an Ehretia sp. [Boraginaceae]. For me also it looks like Ehretia species. Thank you Sir. What about Ehritia obtusifolia? Could be. But it is necessary to compare the flowers/ fruits before confirmation. Yes, …, May be Ehretia obtusifolia as per keys and illustration in Flora of Pakistan http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=91882&flora_id=5 There is lot of confusion about taxonomy of Ehretia in different sources.I feel it may be Ehretia aspera Willd. as per images and details herein. . Habit: small tree Loc- Bundi Rajasthan Date- 30/03/2021 Ehretia pubescens ID request of a tree : 9 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (5) Please identify this woody plant. captured from a scrub forest,Jhelum, Punjab, Pakistan. Please send photographs of the older shoots for a proper ID. Doubtful ID : the present one, looks like fresh shoots of Persea. Must be flowering now, if it is accessible and revisit possible, please see the flowers … Seems close . Tree for ID: (Mixed thread): 2 images. Appears close to images at Ehretia aspera Willd. Yes, it could be Yes . Picture of tree leaf: (Mixed thread): 4 images. Pl. check I will keep this id, if no further comments. . Swamy/2023/111 – plant for ID.: 5 images. Yes, possible as per images at Ehretia aspera Willd. Yes it is Yes it is . 742 ID wild tree: 17 high res. images. Please ID wild tree, Location: Checkanurani Madurai Tamil Nadu INDIA Altitude: 190fsl Flower date: 19FEB2026, 10.15am Habitat: wild moisture sloppy windy shrubby land Plant habit: small erect branched tree, hard woody cylindrical stem 20cm base diameter, rough brownish flaky bark Height: 03 meter Leaves: alternate elliptic acute flexible, size upto: 08×5cm Flower: terminal panicle inflorescence, clustered, green Fruit: Seed: Drypetes roxburghii (Wall.) Hurus. ?? No dear May be Ehretia aspera of Boraginaceae Yes, it is Ehretia aspera, thank you very much for ID my tree. A species of Ehretia . Request you Identificatiom: 2 high res. images. A shrub species with small white flowers Location: Tanda forest, Haldwani, Uttarakahnd Elevation: 250 to 300 m asl Close to Ehretia aspera Willd. Could you share some more pictures. You are right, … . Request for identification: 4 high res. images. Location: Tanda forest, Haldwani, Uttarakhand Found inside Eukalyptus and Holoptelea integrifolia plantation forest. Elevation: 250 to 280 m asl Shrub with approx. 3 feet. height Young leaves are shiny green with small white flowers. Appears close as per images at . References: Flora of Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, India (2000- Ehretiapubescens Benth. syn. Ehretialaevis var. pubescens (Benth.) C.B.Clarke) India Biodiversity Portal (Ehretiapubescens Benth.) |
Ehretia aspera
Updated on April 9, 2026