Vitaceae

Bandicoot-berry

Leea indica (Burm.f.) Merr.

Family: Vitaceae
Genus: Leea

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Bandicoot-berry (Leea indica) — FlowerPhoto: Nishant Purushottam Berde, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (10)

Arabic: ليا هندية
arz: ليا هنديه
Assamese: আহিনা
Chinese: 印度火筒树, 印度火筒樹, 火筒树, 火筒樹, 五指枫, 祖公柴, 糙叶火筒树, 马骨节
English: Bandicoot-berry, Bandicoot berry
Indonesian: Girang
Malayalam: ഞഴുക്, കുടഞഴുക്, ഞള്ള്
Sinhala: ගුරුල්ල
Tamil: பொலவக்கொடி
Thai: กะตังใบ

Synonyms

Aquilicia otillis Gaertn.
Aquilicia ottilis Gaertn.
Aquilicia sambucina L.
Leea novoguineensis Val.
Leea ottilis DC.
Leea sambucina Willd.
Leea sambucina var. occidentalis C.B.Clarke
Otillis zeylanica Gaertn.
Staphylea indica Burm.f.

Flowers

In flower: April to June, August to September, November (from 22 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub, Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Pacific Basin: introduced, Pacific Basin: native

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Nishant Purushottam Berde, CC BY 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: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: madhavan a.p, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Ranjithsiji, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Renjusplace, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: madhavan a.p, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Dr. Raju Kasambe, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Carrie Seltzer, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Dr. Raju Kasambe, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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.