Typical of the Celastraceae family
Maytenus emarginata
Thorny Staff Tree സെലാസ്ത്രേസീ
Malayalam name · See all regional names ↓
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- November-March
Thorny Staff Tree in regional languages
Find the name you know, then compare it with the botanical profile. Columns list recorded aliases; they are not paired translations. A Latin spelling appears only when it is present in the source record.
| Language | Regional script | Recorded Latin spelling |
|---|---|---|
| Telugu | సెలాస్ట్రేసి | Not recorded |
| Malayalam | സെലാസ്ത്രേസീ | Not recorded |
See the original recorded names
- Telugu
- సెలాస్ట్రేసి
- Malayalam
- സെലാസ്ത്രേസീ
Ecology & growing context
- Native status · Kew WCVP
- WCVP native range includes India Kew dataset ↗︎
Kew WCVP dataset; listed synonym of Gymnosporia emarginata. Dataset matching is separate from an individual regional review. Recorded worldwide native range: India, Sri Lanka, Pen. Malaysia.
- Explore nearby plants
- Tamil Nadu →Karnataka →Maharashtra →
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How to identify Thorny Staff Tree
Identify Thorny Staff Tree by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Notched (emarginate) leaf tip, thorny (thorny staff tree).
- Confirm leaf shape: Notched tip.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: November-March.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Assam and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Celastraceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Thorny Staff Tree.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Maytenus emarginata
- Genus
- Maytenus
- Family
- Celastraceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, Malaysia, Australia
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Assam, Kerala, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Telangana, Gujarat, Sikkim, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Punjab, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Nagaland, Mizoram, Chhattisgarh, Jammu & Kashmir, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Manipur, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Puducherry
- Flowering & fruiting
- November-March
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Notched tiprecorded
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Thorny Staff Tree itself; the rest are typical of the Celastraceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
Typical of the Celastraceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
About Thorny Staff Tree
Thorny Staff Tree (Maytenus emarginata) is a shrub in the Celastraceae family. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra and 25 other states. Flowering and fruiting run from November to March.
Celastraceae
Staff-Tree Family
Thorny Staff Tree belongs to the Celastraceae family.
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