✿Thymelaeaceae · Gnidia
Fish Poison Bush
Gnidia glauca
Shrub
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- January-May
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Gnidia glauca
- Genus
- Gnidia
- Family
- Thymelaeaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Evergreen, dry deciduous and shola forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka and Africa
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- January-May
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
About Fish Poison Bush
Fish Poison Bush (Gnidia glauca) is a shrub belonging to the Thymelaeaceae family (Daphne/Agarwood family). Members of this family are generally characterised by alternate simple leaves, head/raceme/cymose flower clusters, drupe/berry fruit. It is typically found in evergreen, dry deciduous and shola forests. It occurs across India, Sri Lanka and Africa. Flowering and fruiting are typically seen during January-May.
Botanical family
Thymelaeaceae
Daphne/Agarwood family
Fish Poison Bush belongs to the Thymelaeaceae family.
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