• Family : OLEACEAE
  (Olive Or Jasmine Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : MOGRA FAMILY (मोगरा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Oleaceae
• Basionym : Olea roxburghii Spreng.
• Synonym(s) : Chionanthus effusiflorus F.Muell.; Chionanthus intermedius (Wight) F.Muell.; Chionanthus macrophyllus (Wall. ex G.Don) Blume; Chionanthus macrophyllus var. attenuatus (C.B.Clarke) K.K.N.Nair & K.P.Janardh.; Chionanthus palembanicus Miq.; Chionanthus paniculatus (Roxb.) K.K.N.Nair & K.P.Janardh.; Chionanthus paniculatus var. roxburghii (Spreng.) K.K.N.Nair & K.P.Janardh.; Chionanthus pauciflorus (Wall. ex G.Don) Bennet & Raizada; Chionanthus pauciflorus var. evolutior (C.B.Clarke) K.K.N.Nair & K.P.Janardh.; Chionanthus pauciflorus var. palembanicus (Miq.) Bennet & Raizada; Chionanthus picrophloius F.Muell.; Chionanthus ramiflorus var. grandiflorus B.M.Miao; Chionanthus ramiflorus var. palembanicus (Miq.) P.Daniel; Chionanthus ramiflorus var. peninsularis K.Ravik. & Lakshm.; Chionanthus roxburghii (Spreng.) S.K.Srivast. & S.L.Kapoor; Chionanthus roxburghii var. intermedius (Wight) S.K.Srivast. & S.L.Kapoor; Chionanthus tenuiflorus Wall. ex DC.; Linociera cumingiana S.Vidal; Linociera effusiflora F.Muell.; Linociera intermedia Wight; Linociera macrophylla Wall. ex G.Don; Linociera oblonga Wall. ex G.Don; Linociera pauciflora (Wall. ex G.Don) C.B.Clarke; Linociera ramiflora (Roxb.) Wall.; Linociera ramiflora var. grandiflora (B.M.Miao) B.M.Miao; Mayepea cumingiana (S.Vidal) Merr.; Mayepea intermedia (Wight) Kuntze; Mayepea palembanica (Miq.) Kuntze; Mayepea pauciflora (Wall. ex G.Don) Kuntze; Mayepea picrophloia (F.Muell.) F.Muell.; Mayepea ramiflora (Roxb.) F.Muell.; Olea attenuata Wall. ex G.Don; Olea floribunda Benth.; Olea paniculata Roxb.; Olea pauciflora Wall. ex G.Don; Olea roxburghiana Schult.;Olea roxburghii Spreng.; Phillyrea ramiflora Roxb. ex C.B.Clarke
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Chionanthus ramiflorus Roxb.
• Vernacular name :
  • Satapala, Cedaneredu, Verri pogada, Kurma Gochh, Kurwa (Telugu)
  • Masur danta, Suliuli kuda (Oria)
  • Musiladi, perumsithudakkai (Tamil)
  • Kaattuchakkalathi, Vellaedali (Malayalam)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Tropical moist deciduous forests, Tropical evergreen forests, shola, terai forests; 300 - 2000 m. altitude
• Comments / notes : Frequent near streams, On hills above 800m and around shola borders.
• Key identification features : Medium sized trees, up to 18 m high; Leaves oblong to oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, coriaceous, glabrous; Flowers in axillary, densely flowered, compound panicles, yellowish; Fruits elongate, ellipsoid, glabrous.
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
• Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh, Raja K. Swamy, Navendu Page, K. Sankara Rao
• Collection Date : 23/03/2016
• Collection Nos : HJCB-0622; HFP 159, KFP 6637
• Collection Locality : Yercaud-Salem Ghat road, Salem district (TN)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, Chittoor district, Vishakapatnam district, East Godavari district, Srikakulam district, West Godavari district, Vizianagaram district
  • Karnataka : Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district
  • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district
  • Odisha : Ganjam district, Mayurbhanj district, Dhenkanal district, Rayagada district, Koraput district, Sambalpur district, Sundergarh district, Kalhandi district, Keonjhar district
  • Tamil Nadu : Dindigul district, Namakkal district, Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district
  • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
  • Sikkim : Sikkim
  • West Bengal : Darjeeling district,Alipurduar district,Jalpaiguri district,Cooch Behar district
  • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
  • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Siang
  • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
  • Assam : Assam
  • Nagaland : Nagaland
  • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
  • Mizoram : Mizoram
  • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  • Manipur : Manipur
  • Tripura : Tripura
• Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Viet
• Exotic/Native : Native
• World Distribution : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature :
  • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
  • R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
  • R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
  • Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
  • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka
  • N.P.Singh, 1988- Flora of Eastern Karnataka
  • Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
  • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
  • H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
  • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
  • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 170
  • GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 2. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 596
  • Nayar, T. S., et al, 2006. Flowering plants of Kerala, A hand book
  • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 141
• Read more :
  • Plants of the World Online
  • World Flora Online
  • Global Plants on JSTOR
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Chionanthus ramiflorus. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.

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