Herbarium JCB

Aphanamixis polystachya (Wall.) Parker

Family : MELIACEAE
Family (As per The Plant List) : Meliaceae
Species : Aphanamixis polystachya
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Aphanamixis polystachya (Wall.) R.Parker
Common name : Pithraj Tree, Rohituka Tree
Vernacular name : Rohitakah (San.); Harin hara (Hin.); Mullu muthala, Rohithaca (Kan.)
Collection Nos : CJS 13279, HFP 1130
Collector(s) Name : C.J.Saldanha
Key identification features : An evergreen tree with spreading canopy. Bark is grey, thin and flaky. Leaves are large and pinnately compound. Leaflets are entire and opposite. Flowers are in panicles, both bisexual and polygamo-dioecious in nature. Petals are white. Staminal tube is with stamens at base. Fruit is a smooth reddish capsule.
Habit : Tree
Native : Tropical Asia
Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
Collection Locality : Shiradi Ghat (Hassan)
Distribution Locality : Chikamagalur, Dakshina Kannada, Hassan, Mysore, Udupi, Uttara Kannada
Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Saldanha, 1996; Gowda, 2004 - Sringeri; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi