• Family : SAPOTACEAE
  (Sapodilla Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : CHIKOO FAMILY (चीकू फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : SAPOTACEAE
• Basionym : Sideroxylon tomentosum Roxb.
• Synonym(s) : Sapota elengioides A.DC.; Achras elengioides (A.DC.) Bedd.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Xantolis tomentosa (Roxb.) Raf.
• Common name : Hairy Xantolis
• Vernacular name : Hudigullu, Kampale (Kannada); Kunduru manu, Bejjurenu (Telugu); Jayastha Mudhuro, Ghurmur, Jasti madhu, Kantabobhula, Kantabohul, Kantaboro (Oria); Karimkara (Malayalam)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Evergreen forests
• Comments / notes : Occasional in valleys of moist evergreen forests up to 1500m.
• Flower, Fruit : August-February
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, East Godavari district, Srikakulam district
  • Karnataka : Uttara Kannada district, Chikkamagaluru district
  • Kerala : Palakkad district, Idukki district
  • Odisha : Ganjam district, Mayurbhanj district, Sambalpur district, Angul district, Puri district
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Indo-China
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; 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=Xantolis tomentosa. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.

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