Azima sarmentosa (Blume) Benth. & Hook.f.

 
  • Family : SALVADORACEAE
    (Salvadora Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : PEELU FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System IV) : Salvadoraceae
  • Synonym(s) : Actegeton sarmentosus Blume; Azima nova Blanco; Azima scandens Baill.; Monetia brunoniana Wall.; Monetia laxa Planch.; Monetia sarmentosa Baill.; Salvadora madurensis Decne.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Azima sarmentosa (Blume) Benth. & Hook.f.
  • Habit : Shrub or Tree
  • Key identification features : Erect shrub or small tree, bracnhes long, drooping; Thorns 1-2 divergent in each leaf axil, 10–15 mm long, articulate at base, easily breakable; Stiplues 2 per leaf, minute, subulate; Leaves suborbicular, ovate, or elliptic, apex pointed or rounded, terminated by 1–2 mm thorn-like structure, upper surface shining, 2–6 cm × 1.5–6 cm, petiole 2-8mm long; Inflorescence racemes or panicles in leaf axils, terminal panicles up to 25cm long; Flowers yellowish green, polygamous; Male flowers: crowded, subsessile, calyx deeply divided, about 2mm long, petals slightly longer than calyx, green, often finely serrate in upper part, stamens filaments longer than corolla, anthers oblong; Female flowers: pedicel up to 8mm long, calyx, petals somewhat shorter than in male flowers, staminodes sterile, sagittate anthers, shorter than corolla, ovary imperfectly 4-loculed, stigma deeply bifid; Fruit berry, white, globose, 5-6mm diameter; Seeds 1-3 per fruit.
  • Distribution :
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
    • Assam : Assam
  • Native : Cambodia, Hainan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Sulawesi, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Exotic
  • World Distribution : Indo-China to S. Hainan and New Guinea
  • Literature :
    • Dash, S. S., & Mao, A. A. (Eds.). (2018). Flowering Plants of India: An Annotated Checklist-Dicotyledons Volume II. Director, Botanical Survey of India.
  • Read more :
  • Permalink : https://indiatrees-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Azima sarmentosa
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Trees and Vegetation Types. Azima sarmentosa. Downloaded on 4 October 2026.

Distribution District wise

India Distribution

World Distribution
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