Herbarium JCB

Elaeocarpus serratus L.

Family : ELAEOCARPACEAE
(ELAEOCARPUS FAMILY or RUDRAKSH FAMILY)
Family (as per The Plant List) : Elaeocarpaceae
Species : Elaeocarpus serratus
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Elaeocarpus serratus L.
Common name : Wild Olive Tree
Vernacular name : Beejadamara, Athakunge (Kan.); Olankarai, Saelamaram (Tam.); Jolopari (Ori.); Rudraksha (San.)
Key identification features : A large tree with pubescent branchlets. Leaves are simple, elliptic, acute at both the ends. Margin serrate, petiole pubescent. Inflorescence is a raceme and arises in the axils of fallen leaf. Flowers are white and oriented facing downwards. Calyx ovate-lanceolate. Corolla glabrous, obovate and laciniate. Stamens many, with short filaments, anthers with tufts of stiff hairs at the apices. Fruit is a drupe, pyrenes are tuberculate.
Habit : Tree
Flower, Fruit : June-January
Comments : Occasional in semi-evergreen to evergreen forests and in shola forests up to 1200 m. Leaves turn red before falling. Sometimes planted.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Shevaroy Hills (Salem district) (Tamil Nadu State); Cuttack district (Odisha State)
World Distribution : Tropical Himalayas, India, Bangladesh, Malesia
Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; 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=Elaeocarpus serratus. Downloaded on 28 September 2024.