Hippophae salicifolia (Seabuckthorn) : Photograph By: Rabin Suwal Sirkung, Kunjo VDC, Mustang |
Shrubs, sometimes rhizomatous, up to 6 m tall. Older stems dark gray, thick, with regularly spaced scars of deciduous leafy branches; leafy stems slender, unbranched, spine tipped. Leaves mostly in whorls of 3; petiole ca. 1 mm; leaf blade abaxially whitish, adaxially grayish, linear-oblong, 1.2-2 × 0.25-0.4 cm, densely scaly, abaxially with scattered subentire, reddish brown scales and reddish brown midrib, margin flat. Male flowers ca. 2 mm; anthers ca. 1.5 mm. Peduncle 1-2 mm. Fruit yellowish green, globose to elliptic, terete, 8-11 × 6-9 mm. Endocarp difficult to separate from seed. Seed somewhat flattened, 4-5.6 × 1.9-2.8 mm. Fr. May. 2n = 24*.
Local Name
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Tora,
Chichi, Tirchhyu, Tara Chuk
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English Name
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Seabuckthorn
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Family
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Elaeagnaceae
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Scientific Name
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Hippophae salicifolia D. Don
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Habit
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Shrub
up to 6 m height
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Flowering Period
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May
to June
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Fruiting Period
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June
to September
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Habitat
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Dry
gravelly or stony places, especially on riverbeds and flood plains; 3600-4700
m
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Occurrence in
Nepal
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Dhampu of Lete, Kokhethanti of Kobang and Sirkung of Kunjo VDC of Mustang District, Reported from Manang too.
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Use
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Fruit used for Making Pickel, Juice by Thakalis
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