• Family : ANNONACEAE
  (CUSTARD-APPLE FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Annonaceae
• Species : Miliusa velutina
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Miliusa velutina (A. DC.) Hook. f. & Thomson
• Vernacular name : Domsal, Kari, Gidar, Rukh (Hin.); Nasare (Kan.); Pedda chilka, Chilika duduga, Dudura nalla duduge (Tel.); Gandha palasa, Domsal (Ori.); Rushya proktha (San.)
• Habit : Tree
• Flower, Fruit : February-October
• Native : India
• Comments : Rare in dry and moist deciduous forests, often associated with Sal. Wood used for agricultural implements.
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Distribution Locality : East Godavari district, Visakhapatnam district, Kurnool district, Nellore district (Andhra Pradesh State); Sambalpur district, Mayurbhanj district, Ganjam district (Odisha State)
• World Distribution : India, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Pakistan, Nepal, Malaysia, China
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1 ; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; Franklin Benjamin & G.V.S.Murthy, 2013. Flora of Sri Venkateswara National Park, Andhra Pradesh, BSI.; Naidu, M.T. & O.A. Kumar (2015). Tree species diversity in the Eastern Ghats of northern Andhra Pradesh, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 7(8): 7443-7459; Rao, J.P., O.A. Kumar & M. Venkaiah (2015). Tree additions to the flora of East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 7(12): 7953-7957
• 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=Miliusa velutina. Downloaded on 30 January 2025.

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