Ban-Bakul / Assam Boxwood
Drypetes assamica
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Assam, Uttarakhand & more
- Flowering
- June-April
How to identify Ban-Bakul
Identify Ban-Bakul 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: Toothed (serrate/dentate edge).
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: June-April.
- In India, compare location records such as Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Assam, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Euphorbiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Ban-Bakul.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Drypetes assamica
- Genus
- Drypetes
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Semi-Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Bangladesh
- Found in India
- Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Assam, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- June-April
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf margin
- Toothed (serrate/dentate edge)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Ban-Bakul itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Ban-Bakul itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Bengali
- Ban-bakul
About Ban-Bakul
Assam Boxwood (Drypetes assamica) belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family, where it grows as a tree. In India it has been recorded in Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Assam, Uttarakhand and 3 other states. It grows in semi-Evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from June to April.
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Ban-Bakul belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
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