✿Celastraceae · Maytenus
Tandasa / Deccan Spike Thorn
Maytenus rothiana
Shruboutdoor
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra
- Flowering
- April-December
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Maytenus rothiana
- Genus
- Maytenus
- Family
- Celastraceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra
- Flowering & fruiting
- April-December
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Glossy ovalrecorded
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Tandasa 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
- Kannada
- ತಂಡಸ Tandasa, ತಂಡಸಿ Tandasi
- Marathi
- Lokhandi, Makar khana, Lechi
About Tandasa
Deccan Spike Thorn (Maytenus rothiana) belongs to the Celastraceae family, where it grows as a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka and Maharashtra. It grows in deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from April to December.
Botanical family
Celastraceae
Staff-Tree Family
Tandasa belongs to the Celastraceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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