• Family : ANNONACEAE
  (Custard-Apple Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : SITAPHAL FAMILY (सीताफल फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : ANNONACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Alphonsea madraspatana Bedd.
• Vernacular name : Ghanti (Oria)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Evergreen forests
• Comments / notes : Rare. Shaded forests
• Flower, Fruit : March-August
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Kadapa district, East Godavari district
  • Odisha : Ganjam district, Cuttack district, Puri district, Khurda district, Kendrapara district, Mayurbhanj district
  • Tamil Nadu : Vellore district, Tiruvannamalai district
• Native : India
• Endemism : Peninsular India
• World Distribution : India
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; Gamble, 1915. Fl. Pres. Madr. Vol. 1. pp. 23.; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
• 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=Alphonsea madraspatana. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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