✿Leeaceae · Leea
Banchalita / Asiatic Leea
Leea asiatica
Shrub
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Assam & more
- Flowering
- May-November
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Leea asiatica
- Genus
- Leea
- Family
- Leeaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous and Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- Indian subcontinent
- Distribution
- Indo-Malesia and China
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Assam, Karnataka, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- May-November
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Leeaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- GreenrecordedGreen or greenish
Typical of the family
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Banchalita itself; the rest are typical of the Leeaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- बनचलिता banchalita
- Nepali
- गलेनी Galeni, लहसुने Lahasune, रनबास Ranabaas
- Bengali
- বনচলিতা Banchalita
- Marathi
- दिंडा
About Banchalita
A member of the Leeaceae family, Asiatic Leea (Leea asiatica) is a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Assam and 11 other states. It grows in moist deciduous and Evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from May to November.
Botanical family
Leeaceae
Leea Family
Banchalita belongs to the Leeaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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