• Family : MELIACEAE
  (Mahogany Or Neem Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : NEEM FAMILY (नीम फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Meliaceae
• Basionym : Nimmoia lawii Wight
• Synonym(s) : Aglaia alternifoliola Merr.; Aglaia andamanica Hiern; Aglaia attenuata H.L.Li; Aglaia brachybotrys Merr.; Aglaia cagayanensis Merr.; Aglaia canarana (Turcz.) C.J.Saldanha; Aglaia euryphylla Koord. & Valeton; Aglaia eusideroxylon Koord. & Valeton; Aglaia grandifoliola Merr.;Aglaia haslettiana Haines; Aglaia jainii M.V.Viswan. & K.Ramach.; Aglaia korthalsii (Miq.) Pellegr.; Aglaia littoralis Zipp. ex Miq.; Aglaia ouangliensis (H.Lév.) H.S.Lo; Aglaia pedicellata (Hiern) Kosterm.; Aglaia racemosa Ridl.; Aglaia sclerocarpa C.DC.; Aglaia stipitata P.T.Li & X.M.Chen; Aglaia tamilnadensis N.C.Nair & R.Rajan; Aglaia tenuifolia H.L.Li; Aglaia tetrapetala Pierre; Aglaia tsangii Merr.; Aglaia turczaninowii C.DC.; Aglaia wangii H.L.Li; Aglaia yunnanensis H.L.Li; Amoora calcicola C.Y.Wu & H.Li; Amoora canarana (Turcz.) Hiern; Amoora curtispica Gibbs; Amoora duodecimantha H.Zhu & H.Wang; Amoora dysoxyloides Kurz; Amoora korthalsii Miq.; Amoora lactescens Kurz; Amoora lawii (Wight) Bedd.; Amoora lepidota Merr.; Amoora ouangliensis (H.Lév.) C.Y.Wu; Amoora tetrapetala (Pierre) Pellegr.; Amoora tetrapetala var. macrophylla (H.L.Li) C.Y.Wu; Amoora tsangii (Merr.) X.M.Chen; Amoora yunnanensis (H.L.Li) C.Y.Wu; Epicharis exarillata Nimmo; Lansium pedicellatum Hiern; Lepiaglaia tetrapetala Pierre; Nemedra nimmonii Dalzell; Nimmoia lawii Wight; Oraoma canarana Turcz.; Ficus ouangliensis H.Lév.; Ficus vaniotii H.Lév.
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Aglaia lawii (Wight) C.J.Saldanha
• Vernacular name :
  • Burumb, Kat, Ragatrohida (Marathi)
  • Karakil, Vellacheeralam (Malayalam)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests, Tropical semi-evergreen forests
• Comments / notes : Occasional in Tropical semi-evergreen forests, near streams.
• Key identification features : A moderate-sized tree with a brownish-green bark peeling in flakes. Fruit narrowly-ellipsoid
• Flower, Fruit : December-March
• Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha
• Collection Nos : KFP 8458, HFP 16200; CJS 16032
• Collection Locality : Bisle Ghat, lower section (Hassan)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Visakhapatnam district
  • Karnataka : Dakshina Kannada district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Shivamogga district, Uttara Kannada district, Denemalai (Ballari district)
  • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kollam district
  • Maharashtra : Kolhapur district, Nashik district, Pune district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Satara district, Sindhudurg district, Thane district
  • Odisha : Puri district, Angul district, Bolangir district
  • Tamil Nadu : Tirunelveli district, Coimbatore district, Tirunelveli district, Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district
  • Assam : Assam
  • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
• Native : India, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Hainan, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nicobar Islands, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
• Exotic/Native : Native
• World Distribution : Indo-Malesia to Pacific Islands
• Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
• Literature :
  • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka
  • Saldanha, C. J. 1996. Flora of Karnataka vol. 2
  • N.P. Sing & S. Karthikeyan 2000. Flora of Maharashtra vol 1
  • Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1
  • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
  • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
  • Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
  • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 121
• 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=Aglaia lawii. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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