Callicarpa arborea Roxb.

 
  • Family : VERBENACEAE
    (Verbena Or Vervain Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : SAGVAN FAMILY (सागवान फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : LAMIACEAE
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Callicarpa arborea Roxb.
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Along hill slopes in deciduous forests and open places
  • Comments / notes : Common
  • Key identification features : Bark brownish, rough. Flowers are lilac purple. Fruit small black drupes
  • Flower, Fruit : October-March
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Srikakulam district, Vishakapatnam district, Vizianagaram district, East Godavari district, West Godavari district, , Krishna district
    • Odisha : Ganjam district
  • Native : Himalayas
  • World Distribution : India, Nepal
  • 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; 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; Sudhakar Reddy, C et al., 2009. Tree Wealth of Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India
  • 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=Callicarpa arborea. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.

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