- Family : SAPINDACEAE
(Soapberry Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : REETHA FAMILY (रीठा फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Sapindaceae
- Basionym : Sapindus senegalensis Juss. ex Poir.
- Synonym(s) : Hydnocarpus tamianus Pulle; Aphania angustifolia Radlk.; Aphania bifoliata (Thwaites) Radlk.; Aphania boerlagei Valeton; Aphania cuspidata (Blume) Radlk.; Aphania danura (Roxb.) Radlk.; Aphania dasypetala Radlk.; Aphania fascicularis Radlk.; Aphania langsonensis Gagnep.; Aphania loheri Radlk.; Aphania longipes Radlk.; Aphania macrophylla Radlk.; Aphania masakapu Melch.; Aphania microcarpa (Kurz) Radlk.; Aphania montana Blume; Aphania ochnoides Pierre ex Lecomte; Aphania paucijuga (Hiern) Radlk.; Aphania philastreana Pierre; Aphania philippinensis Radlk.; Aphania rubra (Roxb.) Radlk.; Aphania senegalensis (Poir.) Radlk.; Aphania silvatica A.Chev. ex Hutch. & Dalziel; Aphania sphaerococca Radlk.; Aphania spirei Lecomte; Aphania viridis Pierre; Deinbollia claessensii De Wild.; Didymococcus danura (Roxb.) Blume; Didymococcus verticillatus (Lindl.) Blume; Euphoria attenuata Planch. ex Hiern; Euphoria danura Wall.; Euphoria rubra Royle; Euphoria verticillata Lindl.; Nephelium bifoliolatum Thwaites; Nephelium danura (Roxb.) G.Don; Nephelium verticillatum (Lindl.) G.Don; Ornitrophe thyrsoides Schumach. & Thonn.; Otophora paucijuga Hiern; Pancovia thyrsiflora Gilg ex Radlk.; Sapindus abyssinicus Fresen.; Sapindus attenuatus Wall. ex Hiern; Sapindus bifoliolatus (Thwaites) Hiern; Sapindus cuspidatus Blume; Sapindus danura (Roxb.) Voigt; Sapindus microcarpus Kurz; Sapindus ruber (Roxb.) Kurz.; Sapindus verticillatus (Lindl.) Kurz; Schmidelia thyrsoides (Schumach. & Thonn.) Baker; Scytalia danura Roxb.; Scytalia rubra Roxb.; Scytalia verticillata (Lindl.) Roxb.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Lepisanthes senegalensis (Poir.) Leenh.
- Vernacular name :
- Eekkoli (Malayalam)
- Koduvamurikki (Tamil)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Tropical dry deciduous forests and Tropical semi-evergreen forests
- Key identification features : Branching tree with bunches of white blossoms
- Flower, Fruit : March-May
- Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh, Raja K. Swamy, Navendu Page
- Collection Date : 27/02/2016
- Collection Nos : HJCB-0541
- Collection Locality : Barbera forest, Khurda district (OD)
- Distribution :
- Kerala : Idukki district
- Odisha : Khurda district
- Tamil Nadu : Tiruchirapalli district, Coimbatore district, Tirunelveli district, Dindigul district, Namakkal district, Madurai district
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : North and Middle Andaman
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, China, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Laos, Lesse
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, China, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Madagascar, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nigeria, Philippines, Senegal, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Zaïre
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
- 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.
- Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 135
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Lepisanthes senegalensis. Downloaded on 3 April 2025.
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