triputa :
Morphology:
An evergreen, low branching small tree to shrub, 2-3 m tall; bark is rough with a number of small pustular air pores; outer layer of the bark is strongly aromatic and inner layer is fibrous. Leaves alternate; lamina 3-foliate, leaflets 6-13 × 3-8.5cm, terminal leaflet is larger than the laterals, elliptic-lanceolate, bluntly serrate. Flowers 4-merous, 2-3mm across, white, crowded on 5-10cm long axillary racemes. Calyx campanulate. Corolla white, with reflexed shaggy scales. Stamens 8, almost equal to the corolla lobes. Ovary 2 celled, ovule 1-per each cell; styles 2, connate below. Berry 3-4mm across, globular, red when ripe. Seed with a short aril.
