• Family : MELIACEAE
  (Mahogany Or Neem Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : NEEM FAMILY (नीम फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : MELIACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Aglaia canarensis Gamble; Aglaia maiae Bourdillon
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Aglaia perviridis Hiern
• Vernacular name : Cheruchokla, Karakil (Malayalam)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Evergreen forests
• Key identification features : Tree with exfoliating bark.
• Flower, Fruit : April-September
• Collector(s) Name : C.J.Saldanha, S.R.Ramesh & Raja Keshav Murthy
• Collection Nos : KFP 6875, KFP 6897, CJS 13058, CJS 16772
• Collection Locality : Kodachadri (Shimoga); Bisle Ghat, lower section (Hassan)
• Distribution :
  • Karnataka : Dakshina Kannada district, Shivamogga district, Udupi district, Hassan district
  • Kerala : Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district
• Native : India
• World Distribution : Indo-Malesia, China
• Conservation Status : Vulnerable (VU)
• Literature : Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Balakrishna Gowda & A.N. Sringesh 2004 – Sringeri (checklist unpublished); Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka; Saldanha, C.J. (1996). Flora of Karnataka vol. 2. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi
• 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=Aglaia perviridis. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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