flacourtia indica

1. 1.

   small shrubby tree of Madagascar cultivated in tropical regions as a hedge plant and for its deep red acid fruits resembling small plums

   Synonymsgovernor's plumgovernor plumMadagascar plumramontchibatoko palm

   Broadershrub

   Part ofFlacourtia

Questions about flacourtia indica

What does flacourtia indica mean?

flacourtia indica means "small shrubby tree of Madagascar cultivated in tropical regions as a hedge plant and for its deep red acid fruits resembling small plums".

What is another word for flacourtia indica?

Close synonyms include governor's plum, governor plum, Madagascar plum, ramontchi, batoko palm. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is flacourtia indica a common word?

flacourtia indica is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.