• Family : SAPOTACEAE
  (Sapodilla Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : CHIKOO FAMILY (चीकू फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : SAPOTACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Donella roxburghii (G.Don) Pierre ex Lecomte
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Chrysophyllum roxburghii G.Don
• Common name : Wild Star Apple
• Vernacular name : Hale, Bokale (Kannada); Kaappaalai (Tamil); Athappala, Mannanchakka, Kappalam, Noolambazham, Pilichakka (Malayalam)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Evergreen forests
• Comments / notes : On hills above 1200m in sholas. Stem buttressed and fluted
• Flower, Fruit : April-November
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Rampa Hills (East Godavari district), West Godavari district
  • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
  • Tamil Nadu : Dindigul district, Namakkal district
• Native : Indo-Malaysia
• World Distribution : India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, China, Hainan, Malay Peninsula, Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea, Solomon Islands
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; 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=Chrysophyllum roxburghii. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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