- Family : OLEACEAE
(OLIVE FAMILY OR JASMINE FAMILY)
- Family (as per The Plant List) : Oleaceae
- Species : Chionanthus mala-elengi
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Chionanthus mala-elengi (Dennst.) Green
- Vernacular name : Soorkili, Porumbalu (Tam.); Punnagamu, Punicce, Chedda naredu, Porumbalu (Tel.); Pochandia (Ori.)
- Key identification features : Moderate-sized evergreen trees with a compact crown, bark is light-grey, smooth and lenticellate. Leaves are coriaceous, lanceolate to obovate or elliptic-oblong, glabrous, shining with an acute apex, bluntly acuminate. Flowers are white, fragrant in cymose fascicles. Corolla is elongate, 4-lobed, adhering in pairs at its base. Drupe is bluish with thin endocarp and about 1 or 2 seeds.
- Habit : Tree
- Flower, Fruit : November-April
- Comments : Occasional in semi-evergreen forests near streams.
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Distribution Locality : Kalrayan Hills (Salem district), Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district), Melagiri Hills (Dharmapuri district), Melpatti R.F. (Vellore district, former North Arcot), Javadhu Hills (Tiruvannamalai district, former North Arcot) (Tamil Nadu State); Visakhapatnam district, Kadapa district (Andhra Pradesh State); Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district), Ganjam district, Keonjhar district, Puri district, Angul district, Cuttack district, Nayagarh district (Odisha State)
- World Distribution : India, Andaman & Nicobar Islands (India)
- Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; 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=Chionanthus mala-elengi. Downloaded on 29 June 2024.
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