Schima wallichii (DC.) Korth.

 
  • Family : THEACEAE
    (Tea Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : CHAAY FAMILY (चाय फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Theaceae
  • Basionym : Gordonia wallichii DC.
  • Synonym(s) : Gordonia floribunda Wall.; Gordonia mollis Wall.; Schima bancana Miq.; Schima hypochra Pierre; Schima mollis Dyer; Schima rigida Miq.; Schima sericea Airy Shaw
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Schima wallichii (DC.) Korth.
  • Common name : Needlewood Tree, Schima
  • Vernacular name :
    • Usoi (Manipuri)
    • Khiang (Mizo)
    • Makria (Assamese)
    • Chilauni (Bengali)
    • Kapaiwon (Tangkhul)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests
  • Comments / notes : Large tree; cultivated
  • Key identification features : Flowers scented, axillary, solitary or paired, white; Capsules subglobose to globose, with persistent calyx, grey, pilose, loculicidal; seeds 2-6 in each locule.
  • Flower, Fruit : March- January
  • Distribution :
    • Tamil Nadu : Madurai district, Dindigul district, The Nilgiri district
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • West Bengal : West Bengal
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
    • Meghalaya : East Khasi Hills (Shillong) district
    • Mizoram : Lungleh, North Vanlaiphai, Kolasib, Thenzawl-Buangpui village, Sairep forest, Thalthlang, Sairep
  • Native : Himalayas
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : India, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sumatera, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Literature :
    • Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
    • Singh, N. P., Singh, K. P., & Singh, D. K. (2002). Flora of Mizoram (Vol. 1). Botanical Survey of India. Pg. : 221-222
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Schima wallichii. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.

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