Herbarium JCB

Pleurostylia opposita (Wallich) Alston

Family : CELASTRACEAE
(Staff-Tree Family)
Family (Hindi name) : MALKANGANI FAMILY (मालकांगनी फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : CELASTRACEAE
Basionym : Celastrus opposita Wall.
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Pleurostylia opposita (Wall.) Alston
Vernacular name : Siru piyari, Karuvaali (Tamil); Karuvali (Malayalam)
Habit : Tree
Habitat : Evergreen forests
Comments / notes : Occasional on foothills to 1400m in a range of habitats, from full sun-exposed slopes to the interior of sholas.
Flower, Fruit : June-December
Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh R, Raja K.Swamy & Rajasri Ray; Raja K. Swamy, Arun Singh & K. Sankara Rao
Collection Date : 12-09-2014; 26-10-2014
Collection Nos : HJCB-0023; HJCB-0113
Collection Locality : Alangayam R.F., Jawadhu Hills (TN); Talakona Rf, Chittoor district (AP)
Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Nellore district, East Godavari district, Vishakapatnam district, Kadapa district
- Kerala : Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Tamil Nadu : Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district), Javadu Hills (Tiruvannamalai district), Coimbatore district, Dharmapuri district, The Nilgiri district, Villipuram district, Cuddalore district, Tiruchirapalli district, Vellore district
World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Madagascar, Mauritius
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; Sankar,R.V., R. Kottaimuthu & K. Ravikumar (2009). Additions to the flora of Sirumalai Hills, Eastern Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 1(7): 379-381.; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Pleurostylia opposita. Downloaded on 3 April 2025.