| Plant Category | : | Shrubs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | |
| Synonym | : | Cansjera rheedii J.Gmelin; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Podhi dagu, Kalimana keerai, Minnaikkali
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| Plant Family | : | Opiliaceae |
| Description | : | It is a climber, up to 11 m long, with hanging branches, or an erect shrub with a spiny stem. Its leaves may or may not be stalked and have leathery leaf blades that are egg-shaped to lance-shaped or oval, hairless, and 5–9 by 1.5–4 cm. Its flowers (petals and sepals) are greenish-yellow, shaped like an urn, and 2.5–3 mm long. Its fruits are orange to red and 10–13 by 7–9 mm. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati (2018 - 2019); Book |
| Reference | : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
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| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Eudicots |
| Order | : Santalales |
| Family | : Opiliaceae |
| Genus | : Cansjera |
| Species | : Cansjera rheedei J.F.Gmel. |