✿Buxaceae · Sarcococca
Geru / Thickleaf Sweet-Box
Sarcococca coriacea
Shruboutdoor
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala & more
- Flowering
- November-December
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Sarcococca coriacea
- Genus
- Sarcococca
- Family
- Buxaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Evergreen and shola forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala, Meghalaya, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Punjab, Sikkim
- Flowering & fruiting
- November-December
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- Geru, Piruli, Tiliara
- Nepali
- फितिफिया Phitiphiya
- Malayalam
- Mattu-vadi
About Geru
Thickleaf Sweet-Box (Sarcococca coriacea) belongs to the Buxaceae family, where it grows as a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala and 8 other states. It grows in evergreen and shola forests. Flowering and fruiting run from November to December.
Botanical family
Buxaceae
Boxwood Family
Geru belongs to the Buxaceae family.
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