About Black Currant Grape Lime
Clausena anisata is a deciduous shrub or small tree, belonging to the Rutaceae (citrus) family, and widespread in the Sub-Saharan Africa, but absent from drier regions. It is also found in tropical and South-East Asia, India and Sri Lanka. It is cultivated in Malaysia and Indonesia. As with other plants useful to mankind its large range of medicinal properties has led to a global distribution and its growth wherever the climate is suitable. It grows in higher-rainfall regions in savanna, thickets, riverine forest, disturbed areas and secondary forest, up to an altitude of 3000 m. The leaves, which are foetid when bruised, give rise to the common name horsewood or the more descriptive Afrikaans common name perdepis, meaning 'horse urine'.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Clausena anisata
- Genus
- Clausena
- Family
- RUTACEAE
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Mixed deciduous, moist deciduous and Evergreen forests
- Native to
- Indo-Malayan
- Distribution
- Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Africa, China
- Flowering & fruiting
- February-May
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Tamil
- Kattu-veppilai, Kattukarveppilai, Pothi
- Malayalam
- Kattukariveppila, Kariveppila, Suganthaveppu
Rutaceae
Citrus/Rue family
Black Currant Grape Lime belongs to the Rutaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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