• Family : MELIACEAE
  (Mahogany Or Neem Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : NEEM FAMILY (नीम फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Meliaceae
• Basionym : Nemedra elaeagnoidea A.Juss.
• Synonym(s) : Aglaia roxburghiana (Wight & Arn.) Miq.; Milnea roxburghiana Wight & Arn.; Aglaia elaeagnoidea var. Courtallensis (Gamble) Nair
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Aglaia elaeagnoidea (A.Juss.)Benth.
• Common name : Chakoola Tree
• Vernacular name :
  • Priyangu (Hindi)
  • Thottulu (Kannada)
  • Erra aduga (Telugu)
  • Chokkala (Tamil)
  • Gandhaphala (Sanskrit)
  • Punyava (Malayalam)
  • Chokkala (Tamil)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Tropical semi-evergreen forests, sacred groves in the plains
• Key identification features : Tree, leaflets small, usually 5
• Flower, Fruit : November-August
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : West Godavari district, Kurnool district, Chittoor district, East Godavari district, Visakhapatnam district
  • Karnataka : Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Uttara Kannada district, Belagavi district, Ballari district, Chikkamagaluru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Shivamogga district, Tumakuru district, Udupi district
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Maharashtra : Ratnagiri district, Sindhudurg district, Kolhapur district
  • Odisha : Khordha district, Kalahandi district, Ganjam district
  • Tamil Nadu : Kancheepuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Coimbatore district, The Nilgiri district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tirunelveli district, Theni district, Vellore district, Tiruvannamalai district, Dharmapuri district, Kanyakumari district, Tirunelveli district, Salem district, Villipuram district, Cuddalore district, Namakkal district
  • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
  • Assam : Assam
  • Nagaland : Nagaland
  • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • Mizoram : Mizoram
  • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman Islands
  • Manipur : Manipur
  • Tripura : Tripura
• Native : Andaman Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vanuatu, Vietnam
• Exotic/Native : Native
• World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vanuatu, Vietnam
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature :
  • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
  • Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1
  • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
  • Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1
  • Ravichandran, V. 2016. Taxonomic and Phytogeographical investigation on endemic plants of Western Ghats with special reference to Megamalai Wildlife Sanctuary of Tamil Nadu (Ph.D. thesis work)
  • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan District
  • Saldanha, C. J. (1996). Flora of Karnataka vol. 2. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi
  • Gowda, 2004 – Flora of Sringeri District
  • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi District
  • Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District
  • N.P. Sing & S. Karthikeyan 2000. Flora of Maharastra vol 1. Botanical survey of India, Govt. India
  • M.R. Almeida (1996). Flora of Maharashtra vol.1
  • Sudhakar Reddy, C et al., 2009. Tree Wealth of Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India
• Read more :
  • Plants of the World Online
  • World Flora Online
  • Global Plants on JSTOR
• Permalink : http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Aglaia elaeagnoidea
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Flora Online. http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Aglaia elaeagnoidea. Downloaded on 22 February 2026.

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