- Family : THEACEAE
(Tea Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : CHAAY FAMILY (चाय फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Theaceae
- Basionym : Gordonia wallichii DC.
- Synonym(s) : Gordonia floribunda Wall.; Gordonia mollis Wall.; Schima bancana Miq.; Schima hypochra Pierre; Schima mollis Dyer; Schima rigida Miq.; Schima sericea Airy Shaw
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Schima wallichii (DC.) Korth.
- Common name : Needlewood Tree, Schima
- Vernacular name :
- Usoi (Manipuri)
- Khiang (Mizo)
- Makria (Assamese)
- Chilauni (Bengali)
- Kapaiwon (Tangkhul)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests
- Comments / notes : Large tree; cultivated
- Key identification features : Flowers scented, axillary, solitary or paired, white; Capsules subglobose to globose, with persistent calyx, grey, pilose, loculicidal; seeds 2-6 in each locule.
- Flower, Fruit : March- January
- Distribution :
- Tamil Nadu : Madurai district, Dindigul district, The Nilgiri district
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- West Bengal : West Bengal
- Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
- Meghalaya : East Khasi Hills (Shillong) district
- Mizoram : Lungleh, North Vanlaiphai, Kolasib, Thenzawl-Buangpui village, Sairep forest, Thalthlang, Sairep
- Native : Himalayas
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : India, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sumatera, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
- Literature :
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
- Singh, N. P., Singh, K. P., & Singh, D. K. (2002). Flora of Mizoram (Vol. 1). Botanical Survey of India. Pg. : 221-222
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Schima wallichii. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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Habitat
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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