Lataku / Burmese Grape
Baccaurea ramiflora
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Assam, Meghalaya, Andaman & Nicobar Islands & more
- Flowering
- April-June
How to identify Lataku
Identify Lataku by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a tree habit.
- Confirm leaf margin: Entire (smooth edge).
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: Green.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: April-June.
- In India, compare location records such as Assam, Meghalaya, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Euphorbiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Lataku.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Baccaurea ramiflora
- Genus
- Baccaurea
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India incl. Andaman, Myanmar, Malay Archipelago
- Found in India
- Assam, Meghalaya, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Sikkim
- Flowering & fruiting
- April-June
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf margin
- Entire (smooth edge)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Lataku itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- GreenrecordedGreen or greenish
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Lataku itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- लटकु Lataku
- Nepali
- कुसुम (फल)
- Bengali
- লটকা Lotka, লটকন Lotkon, বুগি Bugi
- Tamil
- மூட்டுப்பழம்
- Malayalam
- ബർമീസ് ഗ്രേപ്സ്
About Lataku
Burmese Grape (Baccaurea ramiflora) belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family, where it grows as a tree. In India it has been recorded in Assam, Meghalaya, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and 4 other states. It grows in evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from April to June.
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Lataku belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
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