- Family : DILLENIACEAE
(DILLENIA FAMILY)
- Family (as per The Plant List) : Dilleniaceae
- Species : Dillenia pentagyna
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Dillenia pentagyna Roxb.
- Vernacular name : Aggai, Kallai (Hin.); Kadu kanigala, Madathega, Kaltega (Kan.); Kalinga, Chinna Kalinga, Ravudana (Tel.); Rai, Kirmilla (Ori.)
- Key identification features : A handsome decidous tree. Leaves are simple, obovate and attenuate at the base; lateral veins up to 30-50 pairs, often forking towards the margins. Flowers 3 cm across, appear in clusters and yellow in colour. Stamens many, innermost 10, longer than the rest and recurved.
- Habit : Tree
- Flower, Fruit : February-June
- Comments : Occasional in moist deciduous forests of hills. Deciduous during February-May. Fruits are edible. Wood is used for timber implements.
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Distribution Locality : Visakhapatnam district, Talakona Hills (Chittoor district), Nallamalai Hills (Kurnool district), Maredumilli Hills (East Godavari district), Papikonda Hills (West Godavari district), Srikakulam district (Andhra Pradesh State); Odisha State
- World Distribution : India, Andaman & Nicobar Islands (India), Myanmar, China, Vietnam, Thailand, Java, Celebes Island, Lesser Sunda Islands
- Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; Franklin Benjamin & G.V.S.Murthy, 2013. Flora of Sri Venkateswara National Park, Andhra Pradesh, BSI.
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Dillenia pentagyna. Downloaded on 30 June 2024.
|
|
|
