Sageretia filiformis
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Found in India
- Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab & more
- Flowering
- September-March
How to identify Sageretia filiformis
Identify Sageretia filiformis by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a climbing shrub habit.
- Confirm leaf shape: Elliptic (widest at middle).
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: September-March.
- In India, compare location records such as Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Arunachal Pradesh and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Rhamnaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Sageretia filiformis.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Sageretia filiformis
- Genus
- Sageretia
- Family
- Rhamnaceae
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Habitat
- Occasional in Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- Himalayas, India, China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Nepal
- Found in India
- Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-March
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Elliptic (widest at middle)recorded
Characters marked “recorded” are for Sageretia filiformis itself; the rest are typical of the Rhamnaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Fruit
- Drupe
Typical of the Rhamnaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
About Sageretia filiformis
A member of the Rhamnaceae family, Sageretia filiformis is a climbing shrub. In India it has been recorded in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab and 6 other states. It grows in occasional in Evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from September to March.
Rhamnaceae
Buckthorn Family
Sageretia filiformis belongs to the Rhamnaceae family.
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