Rapanea capitellata (Wall. ) Mez

 
  • Family : MYRSINACEAE
    (Myrsine Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : VIDANGA FAMILY (विडंग फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Primulaceae
  • Basionym : Myrsine capitellata Wall.
  • Synonym(s) : Embelia umbellulata Wall.; Myrsine excelsa D.Don; Myrsine lanceolata Wall.; Myrsine lucida Wall. ex A.DC.; Myrsine philippensis A.DC.; Myrsine porteriana Wall. ex A.DC.; Myrsine umbellulata A.DC.; Rapanea lucida (Wall. ex A.DC.) Mez; Rapanea philippensis (A.DC.) Mez; Rapanea porteriana (Wall. ex A.DC.) Mez; Rapanea umbellulata (A.DC.) Mez
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Rapanea capitellata (Wall.) Mez
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Habitat : Shola and degraded Shola
  • Comments / notes : Occasional on hills above 1400m in sholas.
  • Key identification features : Shrubs or small trees, up to 15 m high; branches spreading; Leaves elliptic, lanceolate to oblanceolate, margin entire, recurved, glabrous; Flowers in axillary fascicles, more often from fallen leafaxils, purplish; stamens much exerted; Fruits globose, brownish or purplish.
  • Flower, Fruit : January-March
  • Collector(s) Name : Navendu Page, Arun Singh, Raja K. Swamy, K. Sankara Rao
  • Collection Date : 23/03/2016
  • Collection Nos : HJCB-0610
  • Collection Locality : Shevaray temple road, Salem district (TN)
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Shivamogga district, Uttara Kannada district
    • Kerala : Idukki district, Kollam district
    • Tamil Nadu : Shevaroy Hills (Salem district)
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Subansiri
  • Native : India
  • World Distribution : India, Nepal, Himalayas, Myanmar, Indo-China
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
    • Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
    • Sharma B.D, 1984 - Flora of Karnataka Analysis
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Sharma B.D, 1984 - Flora of Karnataka Analysis
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 127
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Rapanea capitellata. Downloaded on 9 October 2024.

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