False Lime Tree (Suregada multiflora)

 False Lime Tree (Suregada multiflora) (2020 0918)

Common Name: Limau Hantu, False Lime Tree

Family: Euphorbiaceae

Flowering Period: Free-Flowering

Location: Koven Rise

Suregada multiflora, sometimes called the "false lime tree", is a species in the family Euphorbiaceae. The Catalogue of Life lists no subspecies. It is found in tropical Asia: names include kén or mân mây in Viet Nam.

Flowers Flowers small, 0.8–1.2 cm in diameter, creamy-white, slightly fragrant, produced in leaf-opposed inflorescences. Flowers are either male or female but not both (dioecious).

Fruits     Its fruit is a capsule that somewhat round or slightly 3-lobed, reddish-orange when ripe to reveal its seeds. Fruits resemble small limes, 2.5-3.5 cm by 2-2.5 cm, hence plant's common name 'False Lime. Each fruit contains 3 black seeds that are covered by a succulent white flesh.