• Family : SAPINDACEAE
  (Soapberry Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : REETHA FAMILY (रीठा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : SAPINDACEAE
• Basionym : Sapindus senegalensis Juss. ex Poir.
• Synonym(s) : Aphania bifoliata (Thw.) Radlk.; Sapindus bifoliolatus (Thw.) Hiern; Nephelium bifoliolatum Thw.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Lepisanthes senegalensis (Poir.) Leenh.
• Vernacular name : Eekkoli (Malayalam); Koduvamurikki (Tamil)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Dry deciduous forests and semi-Evergreen forests
• Key identification features : Branching tree with bunches of white blossoms
• Flower, Fruit : March-May
• Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh, Raja K. Swamy & Navendu Page
• Collection Date : 27/02/2016
• Collection Nos : HJCB-0541
• Collection Locality : Barbera forest, Khurda district (OD)
• Distribution :
  • Kerala : Idukki district
  • Odisha : Khurda district
  • Tamil Nadu : Tiruchirapalli district, Coimbatore district, Tirunelveli district
• Native : Africa
• World Distribution : Africa, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Hainan, Moluccas, Malaysia, Philippines, Celebes, New Guinea
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa 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=Lepisanthes senegalensis. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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