About Canthium coromandelicum (Burm.f.) Alston
Canthium coromandelicum is a shrub, typically bearing opposite horizontal thorns just above each leaf. Occasionally, the shrub is almost completely unarmed. Its leaves are ovate, smooth, and often clustered in fascicles on young shoots. Short racemes with few flowers emerge from leaf axils. The flowers are small and yellow, with four stamens. The throat of the flower is bearded, the floral tube is short, and it has four to five spreading petals. Anthers are inserted into the flower throat and barely protrude out. The style extends beyond the flower, and the stigma is somewhat spherical. The fruits are obovate, with a furrow on each side. Their color ranges from red to brown, and dark pink is the most common color when the fruit is ripe. This plant flowers from July to August.
