ACCESSION NO: KFRIw 525

  • Scientific Name: Androstachys johnsonii Prain
  • Family: Picrodendraceae (Euphorbiaceae)
  • Common Name: Mecrusse
  • പൊതുവായ പേരുകള്‍: മെക്റുസ്സ്
  • Native: Mozambique to South Africa, Madagascar
  • Specimen from:
  • Region: Portugal
  • Collected by: K. M. Bhat
  • General Characteristics: A tree up to 20 m high. Wood hard. Bark blackish-grey, longitudinally fissured.broadly ovate or asymmetrically hemirhombic-ovate, less often elliptic-ovate, obtuse or rounded at the apex, cuneate to rounded or truncate at the base, or peltate, entire, coriaceous, glabrous, shiny and dark green on upper surface.
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