Salicaceae
Governor's plum
Flacourtia indica
- Family
- Salicaceae
- Genus
- Flacourtia
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Common names
By language (17)
- ace
- Rungkhom
- Arabic
- فلاكورة هندية
- arz
- فلاكوره هنديه
- Bangla
- বৈঁচি
- Burmese
- နရွဲ, နရွဲသီး
- Chinese
- 刺篱木, 刺籬木, 刺子, 细祥竻果, 鮹鱼, 大果刺篱木, 山李子, 挪挪果
- dag
- Kiriŋa
- English
- Governor's plum
- Kannada
- ಮಿರಡಿ
- Latvian
- Indijas batakoplūme
- Malagasy
- Ramontsy
- Malayalam
- അഘോരി
- Persian
- رامونچی
- Russian
- Флакуртия индийская
- shn
- မၢၵ်ႇၵႅၼ်, တူၼ်ႈမၢၵ်ႇၵႅၼ်
- Swahili
- Mkingili
- Thai
- ตะขบป่า
Synonyms
- Flacourtia afra Pic.Serm.
- Flacourtia balansae Gagnep.
- Flacourtia elliptica (Tul.) Warb.
- Flacourtia frondosa Clos
- Flacourtia gambecola Clos
- Flacourtia heterophylla Turcz.
- Flacourtia hilsenbergii C.Presl
- Flacourtia hirtiuscula Oliv.
- Flacourtia indica var. innocua (Haines) H.O.Saxena & Brahmam
- Flacourtia kirkiana H.M.Gardner
- Flacourtia lenis Craib
- Flacourtia lucida Salisb.
- Flacourtia obcordata Roxb.
- Flacourtia parvifolia Merr.
- Flacourtia perrottetiana Clos
- Flacourtia ramontchi L'Hér.
- Flacourtia ramontchi var. renvoizei Fosberg
- Flacourtia rotundifolia Roxb.
- Flacourtia rotundifolia Clos
- Flacourtia sapida Roxb.
- Flacourtia sepiaria Roxb.
- Flacourtia thorelii Gagnep.
- Gmelina indica Burm.f.
- Gmelina javanica Christm.
- Myroxylon dicline Blanco
- Stigmarota africana Lour.
- Stigmarota edulis Blanco
- Xylosma elliptica Tul.
Flowers
- In flower
- August to September, November to March (from 26 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Aadi Kulkarni, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Athena Philips, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wynand Uys, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Haneesh K M, CC0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.