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Harrisonia perforata

Botanic Family

Rutaceae / Simaroubaceae / Cneoraceae

Author

(Blanco) Merrill

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• N. Borneo
• Cambodia
• SW. Guangdong
• Hainan - China
• Andaman Islands
• Nicobar Islands - India
• Java
• Lesser Sunda Islands
• Sulawesi
• S. Sumatra - Indonesia
• Laos
• Perlis - Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Philippines
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• scrubland
• montane creekside
• thickets.

Flowering Times

• Apr-May (China)
• Aug (Philippines)

Fruiting Times

• May-Aug (China)
• Aug (Philippines)

Somewhat climbing & sprawling or erect aromatic armed shrub with recurved spines. Glabrous imparipinnate leaves to 200mm long, 5-15 leaflets 20mm x 15mmterminal. Erect panicles, cymes or racemes to 100mm long of bisexual flowers, petals to 7mm, reddish-brown outside, greenish on upper side, villous calyx to 1.5mm with lobes to 0.75mm, petals 9mm x 4mm with hairs above. Coriaceous yellowish-green to black drupe to 20mm diameter.

Further References

• FOC
• Botanicus
• The Plant List 2
• Elmer
• F Indochine
• Flora Malesiana
• Wiart 2