- Family : DILLENIACEAE
(Dillenia Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : KARMAL FAMILY (करमल फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Dilleniaceae
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Dillenia indica L.
- Common name : Elephant Apple, Chulta, Dellenia, Hondapara Tree, Ma-tad (Mal.)
- Vernacular name :
- Chalta (Hindi)
- Betta kanigala, Kalthega (Kannada)
- Pedda kalinga, Uva, Chinna kali (Telugu)
- Awoo, Oao, Dau, Uvu, Rai (Oria)
- Bhavaya (Sanskrit)
- Mota-Karmal (Marathi)
- Syalita, Chalita, Valapunna (Malayalam)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Tropical moist deciduous forests
- Comments / notes : Occasional. Fruits are used as laxative. Leaves and bark are astringent.
- Flower, Fruit : May-February
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Anantagiri Hills (Vishakapatnam district), Rampa Hills (East Godavari district), West Godavari district, Tirumala Hills (Chittoor district), Srikakulam district
- Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district
- Maharashtra : Amravati district, Pune district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Sindhudurg district, Thane district
- Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Khurda district
- Tamil Nadu : Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, The Nilgiri district
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- West Bengal : West Bengal
- Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Delhi : Delhi
- Bihar : West Champaran district
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Thailand, 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
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- Franklin Benjamin & G.V.S.Murthy, 2013. Flora of Sri Venkateswara National Park, Andhra Pradesh, BSI
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- Deb, D.B. (1981) The Flora of Tripura State. Vol. 2. Today and Tomorrow’s Printers and Publishers, New Delhi.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Dillenia indica. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Line Drawings
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Field Image(s)
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Habitat
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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