Umbrella Tree
Maesopsis eminii
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala
- Flowering
- September-April
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Maesopsis eminii
- Genus
- Maesopsis
- Family
- Rhamnaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Grown as shade tree in coffee plantation
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Native to
- Africa
- Distribution
- India, Africa
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-April
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- SimplerecordedA single, undivided leaf blade.“The leaves are simple and elliptic-lanceolate, with toothed margins, 6 cm to 15 cm × 2 cm to 5 cm (2.4 in to 5.9 in × 0.8 in to 2.0 in), glossy above, with a gland in each tooth.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf shape
- LanceolaterecordedLong and narrow, tapering to a point, like a lance head.“The leaves are simple and elliptic-lanceolate, with toothed margins, 6 cm to 15 cm × 2 cm to 5 cm (2.4 in to 5.9 in × 0.8 in to 2.0 in), glossy above, with a gland in each tooth.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf margin
- ToothedrecordedA saw-like or jagged edge (serrate or dentate).“The leaves are simple and elliptic-lanceolate, with toothed margins, 6 cm to 15 cm × 2 cm to 5 cm (2.4 in to 5.9 in × 0.8 in to 2.0 in), glossy above, with a gland in each tooth.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Characters marked “recorded” are for Umbrella Tree itself; the rest are typical of the Rhamnaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower arrangement
- CymerecordedA branched cluster where the central/terminal flower opens first.“The inflorescence is a many-flowered cyme up to 5 cm (2 in) long, each greenish-yellow flower having five calyx lobes that are longer than the corolla lobes and a single anther.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fruit type
- DruperecordedA fleshy fruit with a single hard stone/pit enclosing the seed.“The fruit is a drupe up to 3.5 cm (1.4 in) long, green at first, turning yellow and then purple-black as it ripens.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Fruit
- Drupe
Characters marked “recorded” are for Umbrella Tree itself; the rest are typical of the Rhamnaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- കുടമരം
About Umbrella Tree
Umbrella Tree (Maesopsis eminii) belongs to the Rhamnaceae family, where it grows as a tree. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala. It is grown as shade tree in coffee plantation. Flowering and fruiting run from September to April.
Uses
In practice it is cut for timber and furniture, harvested for fodder and burnt as firewood or charcoal.
Rhamnaceae
Buckthorn Family
Umbrella Tree belongs to the Rhamnaceae family.
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