Herbarium JCB

Acronychia pedunculata (L.) Miq.

Family : RUTACEAE
(Rue Or Citrus Family)
Family (Hindi name) : NIMBU FAMILY (नींबू फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : RUTACEAE
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Acronychia pedunculata (L.)Miq.
Vernacular name : Sone mavu (Kannada); Muttanari (Tamil); Chakkimaram, Mavaranchi, Mavuringi, Muttanari, Orilatheeppettimaram, Verukkutheeni, Vettukanala, Vidukanali (Malayalam)
Habit : Tree
Habitat : Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
Key identification features : Small evergreen tree; branches stout
Flower, Fruit : March-December
Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Nagpur district, Sindhudurg district
- Odisha : Ganjam district, Mayurbhanj district, Nayagarh district, Puri district, Sundergarh district
- Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Kanyakumari district, Madurai district, The Nilgiri district, Tirunelveli district, Theni district
World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, S.W. China, Taiwan, Malesia to SE. Australia, New Caledonia
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; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; Sudhakar Reddy, C et al., 2009. Tree Wealth of Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1; Ravichandran, V. 2016. Taxonomic and Phytogeographical investigation on endemic plants of Western Ghats with special reference to Megamalai Wildlife Sanctuary of Tamil Nadu (Ph.D. thesis work)
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=Acronychia pedunculata. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.