Herbarium JCB

Prunus ceylanica (Wight) Miq.

Family : ROSACEAE
(ROSE FAMILY)
Family (as per The Plant List) : Rosaceae
Species : Prunus ceylanica
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Prunus ceylanica (Wight) Miq.
Vernacular name : Arthanaarikongu, Erattikkuchi, Irumpukkanni (Tam.)
Key identification features : Moderate-sized evergreen tree. Bark and blaze aromatic. Leaf is entire, elliptic-ovate or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate at apex, rounded-cuneate at base, nerves raised beneath, sub-coriaceous and glabrous. Flowers are many, white on simple racemes, axillary, with a hairy peduncle. Ovary is glabrous. Fruit is a 2-seeded drupe.
Habit : Tree
Flower, Fruit : August-February
Native : India, Sri Lanka
Comments : Occasional along moist shady valleys up to 1000 m. Abundant in sholas.
Conservation Status : Endangered (EN)
Distribution Locality : Rampa Hills (East Godavari district), Gudem Valley (Visakhapatnam district) (Andhra Pradesh State); Rustiguda Valley (Kalahandi district), Angul district, Sundargarh district, Mahendragiri Hills (Ganjam district), Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district) (Odisha State); Yercaud Hills (Salem district), Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Melagiri Hills (Dharmapuri district) (Tamil Nadu State)
World Distribution : India, Andaman & Nicobar Islands (India), Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, West China, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam
Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2 ; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. ; 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=Prunus ceylanica. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.