Myristica malabarica Lamarck

 
  • Family : MYRISTICACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Myristicaceae
  • Species : Myristica malabarica
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Myristica malabarica Lamarck (Unresolved name)
  • Common name : Bombay maize
  • Vernacular name : Gostani (San.); Bombay-jayphal (Hin.); Dodda ramapatre, Kannje, Dodda jajikai (Kan.)
  • Collection Nos : KFP 8823, Talbot 7973, R.P.Patil 2758
  • Endemism : Western Ghats
  • Key identification features : Tree with lenticellate bark.
  • Habit : Tree
  • Native : India
  • Comments : As an adultrant for Mace (raamapatra) and Nutmeg. Occasional in evergreen forests of alt. 800 m in Western Ghats.
  • Conservation Status : Vulnerable (VU)
  • Distribution Locality : Dakshina Kannada, Shimoga, Udupi, Uttara Kannada
  • Floras referred : Saldanha, 1984; Gowda, 2004 - Sringeri; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara

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