Ban Naranga / False Lime
Suregada multiflora
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Andaman & Nicobar Islands, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh & more
- Flowering
- January-September
How to identify Ban Naranga
Identify Ban Naranga by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a tree habit.
- Confirm leaf margin: Toothed (serrate/dentate edge).
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: January-September.
- In India, compare location records such as Andaman & Nicobar Islands, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Puducherry and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Euphorbiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Ban Naranga.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Suregada multiflora
- Genus
- Suregada
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Dry deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, China, Malay Islands
- Found in India
- Andaman & Nicobar Islands, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Puducherry, Arunachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- January-September
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf margin
- Toothed (serrate/dentate edge)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Ban Naranga itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Ban Naranga itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- बन नारंगा Ban Naranga,बन नारंगा bana naranga
- Bengali
- বন নারাংগা
About Ban Naranga
A member of the Euphorbiaceae family, False Lime (Suregada multiflora) is a tree. In India it has been recorded in Andaman & Nicobar Islands, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh and 3 other states. It grows in dry deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from January to September.
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Ban Naranga belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
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