Cassine glauca (Rottb.) Kuntze

 
  • Family : CELASTRACEAE
    (STAFF VINE FAMILY or BITTERSWEET FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Celastraceae
  • Species : Cassine glauca
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Cassine glauca (Rottb.) Kuntze
  • Common name : Ceylon Teak
  • Vernacular name : Jamarassi (Hin.); Mookrike (Kan.); Kannimaram, Karuvali (Tam.); Nirija (Tel.); Chauli, Mokha, Pisitondora (Ori.)
  • Key identification features : A medium to large size evergreen tree up to 25m high. Bark is often blackish or whitish-gray, exfoliating into very small dark, 4-sided scales. Leaves are simple, ovate to ovate-elliptic with entire or crenate margin. Inflorescence is axillary, dichotomously branched cyme that does not exceed the leaves. Flowers are white with a green disk and yellow anthers. Ovary is partly immersed in the disc, 2-3 locular with short style. Fruit is a drupe.
  • Habit : Tree
  • Flower, Fruit : March-December
  • Native : India
  • Comments : Occasional on the foothills of moist-deciduous and semi-evergeen forests up to 1200 m. A good avenue tree for plains.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Bellary district (Karnataka State); Srikakulam district, Visakhapatnam district, West Godavari district, Guntur district, Prakasham district, Chittoor district (Andhra Pradesh State); Puri district, Kalahandi district (Odisha State)
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Indo-China, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaya Peninsula, Philippines
  • Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais 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; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; 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=Cassine glauca. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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