- Family : MELIACEAE
(Mahogany Or Neem Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : NEEM FAMILY (नीम फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : MELIACEAE
- Synonym(s) : Xylocarpus obovatus (Blume) A.Juss.; Carapa obovata Blume; Carapa moluccensis auct. non. Lam.
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Xylocarpus granatum J. Koenig
- Common name : Puzzle fruit Tree, Cannan ball tree
- Vernacular name : Pusur (Hindi); Somunthiri, Kanlolanyey (Tamil); Sisumar, Susambar, Chepa, Sisu (Oria)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Mangrove forests, also aong the sea coasts
- Key identification features : Evergreen tree. Bark grey
- Flower, Fruit : February-December
- Distribution :
- Kerala : Thiruvananthapuram district
- Odisha : Jambu, Bitarkanika (Koraput district),
- Tamil Nadu : Cuddalore district, Villipuram district
- Native : Southeast Asia, Australia
- World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka,Bangladesh, Myanmar, Malay Islands, Tropical Africa, N. Australia, Malayan Archipelago
- Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
- Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. ; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; 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=Xylocarpus granatum. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.
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