Agasthiyamalai pauciflora (Bedd.) S. Rajkumar & Janarth.

 
  • Family : CLUSIACEAE
    (Garcinia Or Kokam Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KOKAM FAMILY (कोकम फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : CLUSIACEAE
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Agasthiyamalaia pauciflora (Bedd.) S. Rajkumar & Janarth.
  • Vernacular name : Poothakkali, Pulivayila (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Evergreen forests
  • Comments / notes : A monotypic genus, narrowly distributed only in Agastyamalai and Ashambu hills of Trivandrum, Tirunelveli and Kanyakumari districts; Elevation 700- 1200 m.
  • Flower, Fruit : December-March
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Kodagu (Coorg) district
    • Kerala : Thiruvananthapuram district, Wayanad district, Palakkad district
    • Tamil Nadu : Tirunelveli district, Kanyakumari district
  • Endemism : Southern Western Ghats
  • Conservation Status : Endangered (EN)
  • Literature : Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Navendu Page (2017). Endemic woody plants of the Western Ghats
  • 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=Agasthiyamalaia pauciflora. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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