Herbarium JCB

Lepisanthes senegalensis (Juss. ex Poir.) Leenh.

Family : SAPINDACEAE
(SOAPBERRY FAMILY)
Family (as per The Plant List) : Sapindaceae
Species : Lepisanthes senegalensis
Synonym : Aphania danura (Roxb.) Radlk.; Aphania senegalensis (Poir.) Radlk.; Aphania bifoliata (Thwaites) Radlk.; Sapindus bifoliolatus (Thwaites) Hiern
Basionym : Sapindus senegalensis Poir.
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Lepisanthes senegalensis (Poir.) Leenh.
Collection Nos : HJCB-0541
Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh R., K.R.K.Swamy & Navendu Page
Collection Date : 27/02/16
Collection Locality : Berbera Forest, Khurda district, Odisha State
Habitat : Semi-evergreen forest
Key identification features : A moderate size evergreen tree up to 10 m. Young branchlets profusely branching. Flowers white.
Habit : Tree
Flower, Fruit : March-May
Native : Africa
Comments : Rare, as an understorey shrub to a small tree in semi-evergreen forests and evergreen forets of Eastern Ghats. The plant is highly variable. Southern Eastern Ghats specimens have bifoliolate, petiolate condition, while the northern Eastern Ghats specimens have a simple sub-sessile leaf condition.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Kolli Hills (Namakkal district) (Tamil Nadu State); Berbera Forest (Khurda district) (Odisha State)
World Distribution : Africa, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Hainan, Moluccas, Malaysia, Philippines, Celebes, New Guinea
Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.; Neginhal, S.G., Forest Trees of the Western Ghats includes Eastern Ghats and Deccan Plateau. 2011.; LEENHOUTS, P. W.1969. - Florae Malesianae praecur-sores. 50, a revision of Lepisanthes (Sapindaceae). Blumea 17: 33-91.
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=Lepisanthes senegalensis. Downloaded on 28 September 2024.