Tetracera akara (Burm. f.) Merr.

 
  • Family : DILLENIACEAE
    (Dillenia Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KARMAL FAMILY (करमल फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : DILLENIACEAE
  • Basionym : Calophyllum akara Burm. f.
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Tetracera akara Merr.
  • Vernacular name : Nennalvalli, Akara-patsjoti, Kottavalli, Kozhikkattadinayakam (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Semi-Evergreen forests and also in sacred groves
  • Flower, Fruit : March-May
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : Kozhikode district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Alappuzha district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Tamil Nadu : Kanyakumari district
  • World Distribution : Indo-Malesia
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature : Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
  • 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=Tetracera akara. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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