• Family : OLEACEAE
  (Olive Or Jasmine Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : MOGRA FAMILY (मोगरा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Oleaceae
• 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 and terai forests; 300 - 2000 m. altitude
• Comments / notes : Frequent near streams, On hills above 800m and around shola borders.
• 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
  • West Bengal : Darjeeling district,Alipurduar district,Jalpaiguri district,Cooch Behar district
  • Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
• Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya
• Exotic/Native : Native
• World Distribution : India, Myanmar, S.China, Taiwan, Malesia, Australia
• 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
• 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 2 July 2024.

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