Protium serratum – eFlora of India

March 12, 2018
Protium

Protium serratum (Wall. ex Colebr.) Engl., Monogr. Phan. 4: 88 1883. (syn: Bursera serrata Wall. ex Colebr.; Dracontomelon laoticum Evrard & Tardieu; Icica bengalensis Voigt; Icica indica Wight & Arn.; Icica serrata DC.; Schinus benghalensis Buch.-Ham.; Schinus niara Buch.-Ham.; Schinus saheria Buch.-Ham.; Tingulonga serrata (Wall. ex Colebr.) Kuntze);

India (Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Assam, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra
Pradesh, Karnataka), Bangladesh, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, ?Andaman Isl., Myanmar
[Burma] (Bago, Mandalay, Sagaing, Yangon), Pakistan (introduced), China
(SW-Yunnan), Cambodia as per Catalogue of Life;

Common name: Indian Red Pear, Murtenga • Garo: Thikring • Khasi: Dieng sohmir • Oriya: Dongsoradi • Tamil: Kungiliam • Telugu: Busi, Chitreka, Chit

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Another red fruit : 12 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (9)

Location Rajnagar Kumarghat Unakoti district Tripura
Please identify

Is it some Euphorbiaceae?

May be Baccaurea ramiflora.

It is not Baccaurea ramiflora It is called banbhubi and the sour fruit is eaten.

Fruits look like Protium serratum but leaves are different

It could be Bischofia javanica with leaves identical but I thought it could be Protium serratum with long leaves

Please show us a complete twig.

To me looks different from images at

https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m—z/p/phyllanthaceae/bischofia/bischofia-javanica

Also checked on net. Looks different from another species mentioned by you.

We use get this fruit even in Meghalaya it is very sour in taste but i could not recollect the name right now..

Just got the name for above fruit

Protium serratum

Hope it will be of some help

Thanks, …, for id.

To me also appear close to images of Protium serratum at

http://www.ebbd.info/protium-serratum.html

https://www.dreamstime.com/royalty-free-stock-images-protium-serratum-wall-engl-white-background-fruit-northern-sour-taste-sweet-image32648979

http://www.dnp.go.th/botany/detail.aspx?wordsnamesci=Protium0serratum0(Wall.0ex0Colebr.)0Engl.

http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=109697&flora_id=2

References:

Catalogue of Life The Plant List Ver.1.1 Tropicos IPNI
POWO GBIF (with type specimens) BSI Flora of India Flora of China FOC illustration Flora of Pakistan Flowers of India India Biodiversity Portal Wikipedia Encyclopedia of Life (Specimen) Useful Tropical Plants ITTO manipurforestflora Fruitipedia FRLHT EBBD

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