''Meyna spinosa'' is a
species of
flowering plant in the
family Rubiaceae. It has a world-wide distribution across tropical and subtropical regions mainly in E. Asia - India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam.
Its
Assamese
Assamese may refer to:
* Assamese people, a socio-ethnolinguistic identity of north-eastern India
* People of Assam, multi-ethnic, multi-linguistic and multi-religious people of Assam
* Assamese language, one of the easternmost Indo-Aryan language ...
name is: কেতকুৰা, in
Burmese
Burmese may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Myanmar, a country in Southeast Asia
* Burmese people
* Burmese language
* Burmese alphabet
* Burmese cuisine
* Burmese culture
Animals
* Burmese cat
* Burmese chicken
* Burmese (hor ...
it is called ဆေးမန်ကျည်းပင်.
Description
''Meyna spinosa'' is a deciduous, thorny, straggling shrub or small tree that can grow up to 5 metres tall.
The fruits of the tree are yellow, subglobose berry around 20mm in diameter containing 4 - 5 hard seeds, and edible. It is also use as a medicine.
References
Vanguerieae
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