Herbarium JCB

Prunus ceylanica (Wight) Miq.

Family : ROSACEAE
(Rose Family)
Family (Hindi name) : GULAB FAMILY (गुलाब फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : ROSACEAE
Basionym : Polydontia ceylanica Wight
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Prunus ceylanica (Wight) Miq.
Common name : Indian Wild Cherry, Himalyan Cheryy
Vernacular name : Arthanaarikongu, Erattikkuchi, Irumpukkanni (Tamil); Attanaripongu, Irattani, Karmavu, Naikambagam, Korandamaram, Rettiyan (Malayalam)
Habit : Tree
Habitat : Moist shady places along streams, semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests
Comments / notes : Occasional along moist shaded valleys up to 1000m. Abundant in sholas.
Flower, Fruit : September-April
Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy & Noel Sebastian
Collection Date : 11-11-2018
Collection Nos : HJCB-1827
Collection Locality : Chinnar WLS, Idukki, Kerala
Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, East Godavari district
- Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Odisha : Kalhandi district, Angul district, Sundergarh district, Ganjam district, Mayurbhanj district
- Tamil Nadu : Salem district, Namakkal district, Dharmapuri district
Native : India, Sri Lanka
World Distribution : Indo-Malesia
Conservation Status : Endangered (EN)
Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; 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; Herbarium specimens from Chinnar WLS, Idukki, Kerala
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=Prunus ceylanica. Downloaded on 3 April 2025.