Biology:Ehretia aspera

Short description: Species of flowering plant

Ehretia aspera
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Boraginales
Family:	Boraginaceae
Genus:	Ehretia
Species:	E. aspera
Binomial name
Ehretia aspera Willd. (1794)
Synonyms
Synonymy Bourreria aspera (Willd.) G.Don (1837) Bourreria dichotoma Rottler ex G.Don (1837) Bourreria laevis G.Don (1837) Bourreria punctata (Roth) G.Don (1837) Bruxanelia indica Dennst. (1818), not validly publ. Ehretia affinis Wall. (1829), not validly publ. Ehretia canarensis Miq. (1847), nom. subnud. Ehretia catronga Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. (1832), not validly publ. Ehretia championii Wight & Gardner ex C.B.Clarke (1883), not validly publ. Ehretia cutranga C.B.Clarke (1883), orth. var. Ehretia floribunda Royle ex Benth. (1836) Ehretia heynei Roem. & Schult. (1819) Ehretia laevis Roxb. (1796) Ehretia laevis var. canarensis C.B.Clarke (1883) Ehretia laevis var. floribunda (Royle ex Benth.) Brandis (1874) Ehretia laevis var. platyphylla Merr. (1935) Ehretia laevis var. pubescens (Royle ex Benth.) C.B.Clarke (1883) Ehretia pubescens Royle ex Benth. (1836) Ehretia punctata Roth (1819) Traxilum asperatum Raf. (1838)

Ehretia aspera is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Ehretiaceae. It is a small tree native to the Indian subcontinent (India, Pakistan, the Himalayas, and Sri Lanka), Indochina (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam), Peninsular Malaysia, and Hainan. It grows in dry deciduous forests. It flowers and fruits in January and February.

References

• Efloraofindia: Ehretia laevis
• Ijppsjournal.com: antioxidant capacity

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