• Family : FLACOURTIACEAE
  (FLACOURTIA FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Salicaceae
• Species : Casearia elliptica
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Casearia tomentosa Roxb.
• Vernacular name : Allemari, Sillangi (Kan.); Chilaka doddi (Tel.); Benimonj, Girari, Kakra, Kaukada, Majo, Khokhoda (Ori.)
• Collection Nos : RRLB 2801
• Collection Date : 15/08/77
• Collection Locality : Karchuti forest, Ganjam dist
• Key identification features : Flowers and fruits in axils
• Habit : Tree
• Flower, Fruit : February-August
• Comments : Occasional along streams in dry deciduous forests, up to 960 m alt. The plant extracts are used in local medicine.
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Distribution Locality : Javadhu Hills (Tiruvannamalai district, former North Arcot), Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Tanjavur district (Tamil Nadu State); Seshachalam Hills (Chittoor district), Srikakulam district, Nallamalai Hills (Kurnool district), Visakhapatnam district, Addateegala Forest (East Godavari district) (Andhra Pradesh State); GJ (Odisha State)
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Malayan Islands and North Australia
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats 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 ; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, OrissaN.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Franklin Benjamin & G.V.S.Murthy, 2013. Flora of Sri Venkateswara National Park, Andhra Pradesh, BSI.; 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=Casearia elliptica. Downloaded on 28 September 2024.

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