Allophylus cobbe (L.) Raeusch.

 
  • Family : SAPINDACEAE
    (Soapberry Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : REETHA FAMILY (रीठा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Sapindaceae
  • Basionym : Rhus cobbe L.
  • Synonym(s) : Rhus arborea Macfad. ex Griseb.; Allophylus filiger Radlk.; Allophylus serrulatus Radlk.; Aporetica gemella DC.; Gemella trifoliata Lour.; Ornitrophe asiatica Steud.; Ornitrophe cobbe (L.) Willd.; Ornitrophe malabarica Hiern; Ornitrophe schmidelia Pers.; Pometia ternata Willd.; Pometia ternata G.Forst.; Schmidelia adenophylla Wall.; Schmidelia cobbe (L.) DC.; Schmidelia cochinchinensis DC.; Schmidelia dentata Wall. ex Voigt; Schmidelia gemella Cambess.; Schmidelia kobbe Lam.; Schmidelia obovata A.Gray; Schmidelia orientalis Sw.; Schmidelia ornitrophioides Wall.; Schmidelia vestita Wall.; Toxicodendrum cobbe (L.) Gaertn.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Allophylus cobbe (L.) Raeusch.
  • Common name : Tipan
  • Vernacular name :
    • Lavatepannu (Kannada)
    • Gunagutti (Telugu)
    • Mukkannanpezhu, Mukkanamperu (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Tropical moist deciduous forests, Tropical semi-evergreen forests, also in sacred groves
  • Flower, Fruit : May-January
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Vishakapatnam district, Kadapa district, Srikakulam district, West Godavari district
    • Karnataka : Ballari district, Chikkamagaluru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Tumakuru district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Maharashtra : Kolhapur district, Nashik district, Pune district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Satara district, Sindhudurg district, Thane district
    • Tamil Nadu : Dharmapuri district, Vellore district, Tiruvannamalai district, Coimbatore district, Madurai district, The Nilgiri district, Salem district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : North and Middle Andaman,Portlob,Long,Baratang Islands
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
    • Lakshadweep : Suheli Islands, Minicoy Islands
  • World Distribution : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Laccadive Islands, Laos, Malaya, Maldives, Myanmar, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Vietnam
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1
    • J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1
    • R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
    • R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
    • N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
    • Sudhakar Reddy, C et al., 2009. Tree Wealth of Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1
    • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan
    • Saldanha, 1996
    • Gowda, 2004 - Sringeri
    • Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi
    • Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District
    • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 136
    • C., Sudhakar Reddy & Roy, Parth. (2011). Plant Diversity of Lakshadweep Islands.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Allophylus cobbe. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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