Pan India Bouquets

Datisca cannabina L.

Family : Datiscaceae
(Tetrameles Family)
Family (Hindi name) : TETRAMELES FAMILY
Family (as per The APG System III) : Datiscaceae
Synonym(s) : Thladiantha dubia Bunge; Cannabina laevis Moench; Datisca glabra Stokes; Datisca nepalensis D.Don
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Datisca cannabina L.
Common name : False Hemp
Habit : Bushy herb
Habitat : Banks of streams in rich alluvial soils in the Himalayas
Comments / notes : It is attractive bushy plants, particularly the females, cultivated for their ornamental foliage and readily propagated by seeds or cuttings. Yields a bitter tasting purgative juice; the roots contain the alkaloid Datiscine and give a yellow dye.
Flower, Fruit : May-August
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
Native : Afghanistan, Cyprus, India, Iran, Iraq, Kirgizstan, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Nepal, Pakistan, Palestine, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : East Mediterranean to Central Himalaya
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 136
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Datisca cannabina. Downloaded on 3 July 2022.