Herbarium JCB

Chukrasia tabularis A.Juss.

Family : MELIACEAE
(Mahogany Or Neem Family)
Family (Hindi name) : NEEM FAMILY (नीम फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : MELIACEAE
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Chukrasia tabularis A.Juss.
Common name : Indian Redwood, Chittagong wood Tree, Chikrassy
Vernacular name : Chikrasi (Hindi); Dalmara, Kalgarike (Kannada); Vedivembu, Aglay, Maleiveppu (Tamil); Madagari-vemble, Erra pagada, Chittagangukarra, Konda vepa (Telugu); Dalmara, Lal-devdar (Marathi); Chandanavembu, Chandanaveppu, Chuvannakil, Karadi, Vembu, Vellanangu (Malayalam)
Habit : Tree
Habitat : Evergreen, semi-evergreen, moist deciduous and shola forests
Comments / notes : On hills above 1000m.
Flower, Fruit : February-September
Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Kadapa district, Vishakapatnam district
- Karnataka : Ballari district
- Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Maharashtra : Konkan, Pune district, Raigad district, Sindhudurg district
- Odisha : Cuttack district, also planted
- Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, China, Pakistan, Malay peninsula
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; 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=Chukrasia tabularis. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.