Quassia indica (Gaertn.) Noot.

 
  • Family : SIMAROUBACEAE
    (Quassia Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : HINGOT FAMILY (हिंगोट फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Simaroubaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Locandi glandulifera (C.Presl) Pierre; Locandi indica (Gaertn.) Kuntze; Locandi lucida (Voigt) Kuntze; Locandi madagascariensis (A.Juss.) Kuntze; Locandi mekongensis Pierre; Locandi merguensis Pierre; Locandi pendula (Blanco) Pierre; Manungala pendula Blanco; Niota commersonii Pers.; Niota lamarkiana Blume; Niota lucida Wall.; Niota pentapetala Poir.; Niota tetrapetala Poir.; Samadera brevipetala Scheff.; Samadera glandulifera C.Presl; Samadera indica Gaertn.; Samadera lucida (Wall.) Voigt; Samadera madagascariensis A.Juss.; Samadera mekongensis (Pierre) Engl.; Samadera pentapetala G.Don; Samadera tetrapetala G.Don; Simaba indica (Gaertn.) Baill.; Vitmannia elliptica Vahl; Vitmannia lucida (Wall.) Steud.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Quassia indica (Gaertn.) Noot.
  • Common name : Niepa bark tree
  • Vernacular name :
    • Njotta, Katinjotta (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Tropical semi-evergreen forests, along backwaters and Tropical moist deciduous forests
  • Key identification features : A small evergreen tree, the bark transversely cracked.
  • Flower, Fruit : January-July
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Thrissur district, Ernakulam district, Kottayam district, Alappuzha district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Maharashtra : South Konkan
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman Islands
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : India, Myanmar and Sri Lanka
  • Literature :
    • N.P. Sing & S. Karthikeyan 2000. Flora of Maharashtra vol 1
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 112
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Quassia indica. Downloaded on 16 October 2024.

Habitat

India Distribution

World Distribution

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