Orophea zeylanica J. Hooker & Thoms.

 
  • 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) : Unresolved name
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Habitat : Evergreen forests
  • Key identification features : Carpels globular and arranged in a ring
  • Flower, Fruit : May-September
  • Collection Nos : Talbot 1845, Talbot 1097
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Kodagu (Coorg) district
    • Kerala : Kozhikode district, Palakkad district
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature : Flora of Karnataka, Flora of Karnataka, Saldanha, 1984; Balakrishna Gowda & A.N. Sringesh 2004 – Sringeri (checklist unpublished); Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Coorg; Sasidharan, N. 2011.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=Orophea zeylanica. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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