Herbarium JCB

Polyalthia korinti (Dunal) Thw.

Family : ANNONACEAE
(Custard-Apple Family)
Family (Hindi name) : SITAPHAL FAMILY (सीताफल फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : ANNONACEAE
Basionym : Guatteria korinti Dunal
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Unresolved name
Vernacular name : Karuvalli, Korandippanal (Malayalam)
Habit : Tree
Habitat : Dry Evergreen forests, deciduous forests and scrub jungles, also coastal along river banks
Comments / notes : Occasional, up to 600m
Flower, Fruit : April-June
Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh R, Karuppusamy & Tilakar M
Collection Date : 16/06/2014
Collection Nos : HJCB-E-12; HJCB-E-13
Collection Locality : Azhagar Hills, Madurai district (TN)
Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Kambakkam Hills, Seshachalam Hills (Chittoor district), Tirumala Hills (Chittoor district), Vishakapatnam (Vishakapatnam district)
- Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Shivamogga district, Uttara Kannada district
- Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kozhikode district, Alappuzha district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Odisha : Kendrapara district, Cuttack district
- Tamil Nadu : Alagar Hills (Madurai district), Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district), Coimbatore district, Tirunelveli district, The Nilgiri district
World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
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; Sankar,R.V., R. Kottaimuthu & K. Ravikumar (2009). Additions to the flora of Sirumalai Hills, Eastern Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 1(7): 379-381.; 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=Polyalthia korinti. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.