• Family : OCHNACEAE
  (Ochna Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : RAMDHAN CHAPA FAMILY (रामधन चम्पा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : OCHNACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Ochna wightiana Wall. ex Wight & Arn.; Ochna heyneana Wight & Arn.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Unresolved name
• Vernacular name : Kanakchampa (Hindi); Narole, Ramatana champaka (Kannada); Silambi, Parathakonnai, Katharai (Tamil); Chilimbi (Malayalam)
• Habit : Shrub
• Habitat : Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests
• Comments / notes : Occasional on dry sun-exposed slopes up to 700m.
• Flower, Fruit : March-April
• Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh, Raja K. Swamy, Navendu Page & K. Sankara Rao
• Collection Date : 23/03/2016
• Collection Nos : HJCB-0587
• Collection Locality : Sanyasimalai, Yercaudu, Salem district (TN)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Kadapa district, Anantapur district, Chittoor district, Kurnool district
  • Telangana : Mehboobnagar district, Nalgonda district
  • Kerala : NA
  • Tamil Nadu : Dharmapuri district, Coimbatore district, Madurai district, The Nilgiri district, Ramanathapuram district, Tirunelveli district, Villipuram district, Cuddalore district, Tiruchirapalli district
• Native : India
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 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=Ochna lanceolata. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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