Herbarium JCB

Kydia calycina Roxb.

Family : MALVACEAE
(HIBISCUS OR MALLOW FAMILY)
Family (as per The Plant List) : Malvaceae
Species : Kydia calycina
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Kydia calycina Roxb.
Common name : Roxburgh's Kydia
Vernacular name : Pula, Choupultiya. Pathra, Polau (Hin.); Bellaka, Naayibende mara (Kan.); Vendai (Tam.); Potri, Konda potri, Paccha bottuka, Pondiki (Tel.); Bankapasia, Barimo, Kapasia (Ori.)
Key identification features : Moderate-sized deciduous trees up to 15 m tall. Leaves are ovate-rounded, with sub-cordate base, apex is obtuse or rounded, 5-9 nerved. Galls are often present on leaf. Flowers are whitish-cream in axillary or terminal panicles, polygamous. Calyx is cup-shape, ovate-acute. Corolla white, longer than the calyx but shorter than the epicalyx. Seeds are brown and glabrous.
Habit : Tree
Flower, Fruit : September-February
Comments : Occasional in mixed forests and deciduous forests up to 1000 m or more. Not found arid regions.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Ramgadh State Forest (Bellary district) (Karnataka State); Melagiri Hills (Dharmapuri district), Tiruvannamalai district, Yelagiri Hills (Vellore district, former North Arcot) (Tamil Nadu State); Talakona R.F. (Chittoor district), Kurnool district, Rampa Hills (East Godavari district), Visakhapatnam district (Andhra Pradesh State); Odisha State
World Distribution : India, China, Bhutan, Pakistan, Myanmar
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, Orissa; 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=Kydia calycina. Downloaded on 4 July 2024.