✿Celastraceae · Maytenus
Thorny Staff Tree
Maytenus emarginata
Shruboutdoor
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- November-March
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
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Typical of the Celastraceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Telugu
- సెలాస్ట్రేసి
- Malayalam
- സെലാസ്ത്രേസീ
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.
Botanical family
Celastraceae
Staff-Tree Family
Thorny Staff Tree belongs to the Celastraceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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