Maba neilgerrensis Wight

 
  • Family : EBENACEAE
    (EBONY FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Ebenaceae
  • Species : Maba neilgerrensis
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Diospyros neilgerrensis (Wight) Kosterm.
  • Vernacular name : Karuvillichi, Sirumolavaa (Tam.)
  • Collection Nos : HJCB-0637; HJCB-0663
  • Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh R., Navendu Page, K.R.K.Swamy & K.Sankara Rao
  • Collection Date : 24/03/2016; 25/03/2016
  • Collection Locality : Kolli Hills Ghat road, Namakkal district, Tamil Nadu State
  • Endemism : Peninsular India
  • Habitat : Evergreen forest
  • Habit : Tree
  • Flower, Fruit : April-August
  • Native : India
  • Comments : Rare, in the evergreen and shola forests of Eastern Ghats. Wood is hard. A high altitude replacement of Maba buxifolia.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Melagiri Hills (Dharmapuri district), Kolli Hills (Namakkal district) (Tamil Nadu State); Chittoor district (Andhra Pradesh State)
  • World Distribution : India
  • Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
  • 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=Maba neilgerrensis. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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