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Botanical name: Discospermum apiocarpum Family: Rubiaceae (Coffee family)
Synonyms: Diplospora apiocarpa, Tricalysia apiocarpa
Synonyms: Diplospora apiocarpa, Tricalysia apiocarpa
Pear-Fruited Discospermum is a middle-sized tree
with ovate-elliptic leaves. Flowers are small, stalkless, in leaf
axils. Stamens protrude out. Fruit is pear-shaped with a circular ring
below the top.
Identification credit: Shrikant Ingalhalikar
| Photographed at Mainapi waterfall, Netravali, Goa. |