• Family : MELIACEAE
  (Mahogany Or Neem Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : NEEM FAMILY (नीम फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : MELIACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Heynea trifoliolata A.Juss.; Walsura piscidia Roxb.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Unresolved name
• Vernacular name : Valsura (Tamil); Walrusi, Walursi, Ettayaludu, Yerra valudu (Telugu); Mundica, Bakam, Kuruwan (Oria); Kanchimaram, Perillapacha (Malayalam)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Dry deciduous, semi-evergreen, evergreen and moist deciduous forests
• Key identification features : Moderate-sized tree with yellowish white flowers
• Flower, Fruit : February-December
• Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh R, Karuppusamy, Tilakar M
• Collection Date : 16/06/2014
• Collection Nos : HJCB-E-03
• Collection Locality : Azhagar Hills, Madurai district (TN)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Vishakapatnam district, Kadapa district, East Godavari district, West Godavari district
  • Kerala : Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
  • Odisha : Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district), Angul district (Angul district), Puri district
  • Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; 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=Walsura trifoliolata var. trifoliolata. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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