Lophopetalum wightianum Arn.

 
  • Family : CELASTRACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Celastraceae
  • Species : Lophopetalum wightianum
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Lophopetalum wightianum Arn. (Unresolved name)
  • Common name : Spindle Tree
  • Vernacular name : Banale, Bel palle, Boralu palle (Kan.)
  • Collection Nos : Hohenacker (Metz) 324 (K) A, KFP 4960, KFP 7079
  • Key identification features : Bark smooth, greyish-brown, forms a huge buttress.
  • Habit : Tree
  • Native : Indo-Malayan
  • Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
  • Distribution Locality : Chikamagalur, Dakshina Kannada, Hassan, Kodagu, Mysore, Shimoga, Udupi, Uttara Kannada
  • Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Saldanha, 1996; Gowda, 2004 - Sringeri; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi

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