Streblus asper

Streblus asper
Leaves and buds at Panamaram
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Moraceae
Genus: Streblus
Species:
S. asper
Binomial name
Streblus asper
Synonyms
List
  • Epicarpurus asper (Lour.) Steud.
  • Achymus pallens Sol. ex Blume
  • Achymus patens Sol. ex Hook.f.
  • Albrandia gaudichaudii D.Dietr.
  • Albrandia orientalis D.Dietr.
  • Albrandia timorensis D.Dietr.
  • Calius lactescens Blanco
  • Cudrania crenata C.H.Wright
  • Diplothorax tonkinensis Gagnep.
  • Epicarpurus gaudichaudii Steud.
  • Epicarpurus orientalis Blume
  • Morus indica Ser.
  • Morus tatarica Mill.
  • Streblus lactescens Blume
  • Trophis aspera Retz.
  • Trophis cochinchinensis Poir.
  • Vanieria crenata (C.H.Wright) Chun

Streblus asper is a species of flowering plant in the family Moraceae. This tree is sometimes referred to by the common names Siamese rough bush, khoi, serut, and toothbrush tree. It is a medium-sized tree native to dry regions in the Andaman Islands, Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, South-Central and Southeast China, East and West Himalaya, Hainan, India, Indonesia, Java, Laos, the Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Nicobar Islands, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sumatra, Thailand, and Vietnam.

In the Philippines, it is commonly known as "bogta-e","bogtalay", and "Kalyos". In Cambodia, it is known as Snay. Several rural communes in Cambodia were named after the tree such as Snay Pol village (Poisonous Snay) of Prey Veng and Krang Snay (Hill of Snay) of Kampot Province. In Malaysia, it is known as "kesinai".