Alangium hexapetalum Lam.

 
  • Family : ALANGIACEAE
    (Alangium Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : AKOL FAMILY (अकोल फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : CORNACEAE
  • Synonym(s) : Alangium salviifolium subsp. hexapetalum (Lam.) Wangerin; Alangium salviifolium subsp. sundanum (Miq.) Bloemb.
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Alangium salviifolium subsp. hexapetalum (Lam.) Wangerin
  • Vernacular name : Guddada goni (Kannada); Valli ankolam, Arinjil, Kumbi (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Liana
  • Comments / notes : Semi-evergreen forests and sacred groves
  • Flower, Fruit : April-July
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Alappuzha district, Kollam district
  • Native : East Africa, India
  • World Distribution : India, East Africa, Indo-Malaysia
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature : 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=Alangium hexapetalum. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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