Herbarium JCB

Ailanthus excelsa Roxb.

Family : SIMAROUBACEAE
Family (As per The Plant List) : Simaroubaceae
Species : Ailanthus excelsa
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Ailanthus excelsa Roxb.
Common name : Heaven Tree
Vernacular name : Heb'bevu' (Kan.); Ghorneem (Hin.)
Collection Nos : KFP 440, KFP 6476
Collector(s) Name : S.R Ramesh & R.Bhaskar; K.P.Sreenath & B.R.Ramesh
Key identification features : A lofty tree with large pinnately compound alternate leaves, which are crowded at the branch ends. Leaflets are about 8-14 pairs, very variable in shape and with irregularly toothed margin. Flowers are small and appear in large lax often with much-branched inflorescences, unisexual and greenish-yellow. Fruits are winged and wings with many nerves.
Habit : Tree
Comments : Wood is used in making match sticks.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Collection Locality : Hills above Sangam (Bangalore); Bommasandra near Sangam (Bangalore)
Distribution Locality : Bangalore, Belgaum, Bidar, Chitradurga, Gulbarga, Kodagu, Mysore, Tumkur
Floras referred : Saldanha, 1996; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Bangalore; Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore