• Family : MELIACEAE
  (Mahogany Or Neem Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : NEEM FAMILY (नीम फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Meliaceae
• Synonym(s) : Cedrela villosa Roxb.; Chukrasia chickrassa (Roxb.) J.Schultze-Motel; Chukrasia nimmonii Graham ex Wight; Chukrasia trilocularis (Roxb. ex G.Don) M.Roem.; Chukrasia velutina M.Roem.; Dysoxylum esquirolii H.Lév.; Melia tomentosa Kurz; Plagiotaxis chickrassa Wall.; Plagiotaxis velutina Wall.; Surenus velutina Kuntze; Swietenia trilocularis Roxb. ex G.Don; Swietenia velutina (M.Roem.) Wall. ex Kurz; Swietenia villosa Wall. ex Kurz; Toona velutina M.Roem.; Toona villosa M.Roem.; Sapindus multijugus Wall. ex Hiern
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Chukrasia tabularis A.Juss.
• Common name : Indian Redwood, Chittagong wood Tree, Chikrassy
• Vernacular name :
  • Chikrasi (Hindi)
  • Dalmara, Kalgarike (Kannada)
  • Vedivembu, Aglay, Maleiveppu (Tamil)
  • Madagari-vemble, Erra pagada, Chittagangukarra, Konda vepa (Telugu)
  • Dalmara, Lal-devdar (Marathi)
  • Chandanavembu, Chandanaveppu, Chuvannakil, Karadi, Vembu, Vellanangu (Malayalam)
  • Dung moi (Marathi)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests, Tropical semi-evergreen forests, Tropical moist deciduous forests, Shola
• Comments / notes : On hills above 1000m.
• Key identification features : Leaflets tomentose on both surfaces; panicles tomentose; petals puberulous; Capsule 4 valved.
• Flower, Fruit : February-September
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Kadapa district, Vishakapatnam district
  • Karnataka : Ballari district, Bengaluru district
  • Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
  • Maharashtra : Konkan, Pune district, Raigad district, Sindhudurg district, Kolhapur district, Ratnagiri district, Satara district, Thane district
  • Odisha : Cuttack district, also planted
  • Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
  • Sikkim : Sikkim
  • West Bengal : West Bengal
  • Arunachal Pradesh : Arunahal Pradesh
  • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
  • Assam : Assam
  • Nagaland : Nagaland
  • Delhi : Delhi
  • Mizoram : Mizoram
  • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman Islands
  • Manipur : Manipur
  • Tripura : Tripura
• Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
• Exotic/Native : Native
• World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
• 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
  • N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
  • Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
  • Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1
  • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
  • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 119
  • Sharma B.D, 1984 - Flora of Karnataka Analysis
  • N.P. Sing & S. Karthikeyan 2000. Flora of Maharashtra vol 1.
• 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=Chukrasia tabularis. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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