About Weaver's Beam Tree
Schrebera swietenioides is a flowering plant in the family Oleaceae found in India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia and Laos. It prefers dry forests. It is commonly known as weaver's beam tree. Other names are mala plasu, muskkakavrksam, maggamaram', manimaram, mushkakavriksham, malamplasu and malamblasu. Flowering season is from February to April.
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Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Schrebera swietenioides
- Genus
- Schrebera
- Family
- OLEACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous and dry deciduous forests
- Native to
- Indo-Himalaya
- Distribution
- India, Myanmar, Himalayas
- Flowering & fruiting
- April-June
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- बनपलास Banpalas, मोखड़ी Mokhdi, मोखा Mokha
- Tamil
- kattupparutticceti, mogalingam, makalinkam
- Kannada
- Bula, ಕಲ್ಗಂಟೆ Kalgante, ಕಲ್ಗೋಟೆ Kalgote
- Malayalam
- maggamaram, malamplasu, muskkakavrksam
- Marathi
- मोखा Mokha, Mokadi, Nakti
Botanical family
Oleaceae
Olive/Jasmine family
Weaver's Beam Tree belongs to the Oleaceae family.
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