Bark
Woody, brownish to greyish; stems slender when young and becoming thicker with age.
Reissantia grahamii
Syn. Arnicratea grahamii
IUCN Red List
Not Evaluated
(NE)
Local name
- Running Straggler (English)
- Daushir (Marathi)
Climber type
Evergreen
Deciduous
Family: Celastraceae
Indicated uses
Medicinal
Edible
Ornamental
Avenue
Other
Flowering & fruiting
Flowering
Fruiting
Key characters
Leaves
Leaves are opposite, broad-ovate to elliptic or ovate-oblong, and measure about 8–20 cm long and 5–10 cm.
Flower
Greenish flowers are borne in numerous, large, many-flowered panicles at the end of branches. Petals are linear to spoon-shape, with blunt tips. Carpels are obovate, obtuse, emarginate.
Fruit / Seeds
Fruits are distinctly follicular, usually 1–3 together, linear-oblong and reaching about 10 cm long; seeds are relatively large and provided with a basal ring.
Did you know?
Known locally as Daushir or Lokhandi in Maharashtra, the name Lokhandi comes from the Marathi word lokhand, meaning “iron.” The name refers to the climber’s exceptionally tough and flexible stems, which become strong, rope-like and difficult to break as they mature.
Distribution
Tropical Asia