Shingar Balli / Tiny-Fruit Chawstick
Gouania microcarpa
- Habit
- Liana
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- October-March
How to identify Shingar Balli
Identify Shingar Balli by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a liana habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Climbs using coiled tendrils.
- Confirm leaf shape: Ovate (egg-shaped, broad at base).
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: October-March.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Rhamnaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Shingar Balli.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Gouania microcarpa
- Genus
- Gouania
- Family
- Rhamnaceae
- Habit
- Liana
- Habitat
- Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malaysia and Indonesia
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Maharashtra
- Flowering & fruiting
- October-March
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Ovate (egg-shaped, broad at base)recorded
Characters marked “recorded” are for Shingar Balli itself; the rest are typical of the Rhamnaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Fruit
- Drupe
Typical of the Rhamnaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Kannada
- ಶಿಂಗಾರ ಬಳ್ಳಿ shingar balli
- Malayalam
- പാൽക്കാറ്റാടി palkkattadi, പാൽക്കാറ്റാടി
- Marathi
- शिंहारबली shinharbali
About Shingar Balli
Tiny-Fruit Chawstick (Gouania microcarpa) is a woody climber in the Rhamnaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu and 2 other states. It grows in evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from October to March.
Rhamnaceae
Buckthorn Family
Shingar Balli belongs to the Rhamnaceae family.
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