Elaeocarpus sphaericus (Gaertn.) K.Schum.

 
  • Family : ELAEOCARPACEAE
    (Olivnut Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : RUDRAKSHA FAMILY (रुद्राक्ष फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : ELAEOCARPACEAE
  • Basionym : Ganitrus sphaerica Gaertn.
  • Synonym(s) : Elaeocarpus ganitrus Roxb. ex G.Don
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Elaeocarpus serratus L.
  • Common name : Utrasum-bead tree
  • Vernacular name : Rudraksha (Marathi); Rudraksham (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Grown as garden plant
  • Flower, Fruit : December-October
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Hassan district
    • Kerala : Malappuram district, Thrissur district, Idukki district
    • Maharashtra : Mumbai Suburban district, Pune district, Satara district, Konkan
  • World Distribution : India, Myanmar to Malaysia
  • Literature : N.P. Sing & S. Karthikeyan 2000. Flora of Maharashtra 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=Elaeocarpus sphaericus. Downloaded on 23 November 2024.

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