- Family : SAPINDACEAE
(Soapberry Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : REETHA FAMILY (रीठा फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Sapindaceae
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Filicium decipiens (Wight & Arn.) Thwaites
- Common name : Fern leaf Tree
- Vernacular name :
- Kattupuvarasu, Ningal, Athadali, Eruvillipaalai (Tamil)
- Irumbarakki, Neeroli, Valmuriccha, Muriccha, Sanimaram (Malayalam)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests, Tropical semi-evergreen forests, also often planted in gardens.
- Comments / notes : Occasional in moist ravines and shaded floors of sholas.
- Key identification features : Handsome tree with beautiful fern-like leaves
- Flower, Fruit : October-April
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Srikakulam district
- Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kollam district
- Maharashtra : Mumbai Suburban district, Mumbai-City district, Aurangabad district, Jalna district, Parbhani district, Hingoli district, Beed district, Nanded district, Osmanabad district, Latur district, Thane district, Pune district
- Odisha : Cuttack district
- Tamil Nadu : Namakkal district, Vellore district, Dindigul district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Coimbatore district, The Nilgiri district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tirunelveli district, Dharmapuri district, Salem district, Villipuram district, Cuddalore district
- Native : Sri Lanka
- World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
- 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
- Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Filicium decipiens. Downloaded on 1 July 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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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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