Daheya / Siamese Roughbush
Streblus asper
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Tamil Nadu, Assam & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Streblus asper
- Genus
- Streblus
- Family
- Moraceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Open, scrub, moist and dry deciduous forests
- Distribution
- India including Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China, Hainan, Thailand, Malesia
- Found in India
- Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Telangana, West Bengal, Karnataka
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Moraceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
Typical of the Moraceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Hindi
- Daheya, Dahia, Karchanna
- Bengali
- sehora, sahra, shewra, শেওড়া
- Tamil
- kurripila, kuttippirai, parayan, பராய்
- Telugu
- baranika, baranki, barinika
- Kannada
- ಅಖೋರ್ ಮರ Akhor mara, ಮಿಟಲೆ Mitale, ದರ್ದುರಿ Darduri
- Malayalam
- parakam, paruva, sakhotavrksam, പരുവമരം
- Marathi
- poi, karera, kharoli
About Daheya
Siamese Roughbush (Streblus asper) is a tree belonging to the Moraceae family (Fig/Mulberry family). Members of this family are generally characterised by alternate simple leaves, catkin/syconium/head flower clusters, drupe/syconium/sorosis fruit. It is typically found in open, scrub, moist and dry deciduous forests. It occurs across India including Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China, Hainan, Thailand, Malesia. It flowers and fruits through much of the year. The species is valued in traditional medicine.
Moraceae
Fig/Mulberry family
Daheya belongs to the Moraceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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