Herbarium JCB

Aglaia elaeagnoidea (A.Juss.) Benth.

Family : MELIACEAE
Family (As per The Plant List) : Meliaceae
Species : Aglaia elaeagnoidea
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Aglaia elaeagnoidea (A.Juss.) Benth.
Common name : Chakoola Tree
Vernacular name : Thottulu (Kan.); Priyangu (Hin.); Gandhaphala (San.)
Collection Nos : KFP 8156, CJS 15994, CJS 16039
Collector(s) Name : C.J.Saldanha; S.B.Manohar & K.R.Keshava Murthy
Key identification features : A medium-sized evergreen tree of 15 m tall, Leaves are unipinnate. Leaflets are entire with prominent veins beneath. Flowers are inconspicuous in branched inflorescence that is covered with rufous scales. Stamens united into a tube, included or slightly exerted. Fruit is a sub-globose and ferruginous berry.
Habit : Tree
Native : Indo-Malesia, India, SriLanka, Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia
Comments : Common in semi-evergreen forests in lower Ghats.
Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
Collection Locality : Shiradi Ghat (Hassan); Sandur (Bellary)
Distribution Locality : Belgaum, Bellary, Chikamagalur, Dakshina Kannada, Hassan, Shimoga, Tumkur, Udupi, Uttara Kannada
Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Saldanha, 1996; Gowda, 2004 - Sringeri; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District