Herbarium JCB

Callicarpa tomentosa (L.) Murray

Family : VERBENACEAE
(Verbena Or Vervain Family)
Family (Hindi name) : SAGVAN FAMILY (सागवान फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : LAMIACEAE
Basionym : Tomex tomentosa L.
Synonym(s) : Callicarpa lanata L.; Callicarpa arborea Miq. ex Clarke
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Callicarpa tomentosa (L.) L.
Common name : Velvet Beauty Berry, Great woolly malayan lilac
Vernacular name : Seembakkuthu (Tamil); Priyangu (Sanskrit); Sankagochi, Bodiga chettu (Telugu); Bodopatri, Seembakkuthu, Pandakaiya maram (Oria); Cheruthekku, Kattuthekku, Naikumbil, Nallapompil, Pichenkala, Puliyanthekku, Thiriperivelam, Themperuvallam (Malayalam)
Habit : Shrub
Habitat : Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
Comments / notes : On hills above 1000m in slopes.
Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, East Godavari district, Srikakulam district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Odisha : Kalhandi district, Keonjhar district, Puri district, Mayurbhanj district, Ganjam district, Bolangir district
- Tamil Nadu : Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Srikakulam district (SKLM), Visakhapatnam district (VSKP)
Native : India to Southeast Asia
World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Malesia, North Hong kong
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. 3; Sudhakar Reddy, C et al., 2009. Tree Wealth of Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India; 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=Callicarpa tomentosa. Downloaded on 3 June 2024.