Ryparosa kurzii King

 
  • Family : FLACOURTIACEAE
    (Flacourtia Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : CHILLA FAMILY (चिल्ला फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Aphloiaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Ryparosa amplifolia Mildbr.; Ryparosa caesia Kurz ex King; Ryparosa longipedunculata Boerl.; Bergsmia javanica Blume
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Ryparosa javanica (Blume) Kurz ex Koord. & Valeton
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests
  • Comments / notes : A rare and interesting plant found only in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands; Usually along stream and evergreen forests
  • Key identification features : A small tree with a brownish-grey bark, cut mealy, with fine dark-brown streaks. Flowers small, yellowish, in slender racemes from the axils of the leaves or the scars of the fallen ones. Fruit globose
  • Flower, Fruit : February-April
  • Distribution :
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Yeratilajig, Bomlungta,South Andaman
  • Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, New Guinea, Queensland, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Exotic
  • World Distribution : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, New Guinea, Queensland, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Literature :
    • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 84
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Ryparosa kurzii. Downloaded on 7 October 2024.

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