Schleichera oleosa (Lour.) Oken

 
  • Family : SAPINDACEAE
    (Soapberry Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : REETHA FAMILY (रीठा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Sapindaceae
  • Basionym : Pistacia oleosa Lour.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Schleichera oleosa (Lour.) Merr.
  • Common name : Ceylon Oak, Macassar-Oil Tree
  • Vernacular name :
    • Kusum, Kausum, Kasma (Hindi)
    • Chendaalakota, Kendala, Sagade (Kannada)
    • Puvam, Puvatti, Kolama (Tamil)
    • Puska, Busi, Modakapulusu, Botanga, Bushi chettu, Karaka bushi (Telugu)
    • Kusum, Rusam, Swad kusum (Oria)
    • Mookulakah (Sanskrit)
    • Doodalam, Poovanam, Poovam, Puvam, Puvathi (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Tropical dry deciduous forests, Tropical semi-evergreen forests, Tropical moist deciduous forests, also in plains
  • Comments / notes : On hills above 500m. Oil from the seeds is valued for cooking and for other purposes
  • Key identification features : A large tree; youger leaflets bright red
  • Flower, Fruit : February-August
  • Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh, Raja K. Swamy, Navendu Page; B.R.Ramesh, K.R.Keshava Murthy; S.R.Ramesh, S.B.Manohar
  • Collection Date : 23-02-2016, 09-03-1979, 18-05-1979
  • Collection Nos : HJCB-0455, KFP 6277, KFP 7754
  • Collection Locality : RPRC Garden, Bhubaneswar, Khurda district (OD); Sampanakatte-Nagara road, Shivamogga district; Shivasamudram, Mandya district
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, Nellore district, Srikakulam district, West Godavari district
    • Karnataka : Ballari district, Uttara Kannada district
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Maharashtra : Raigad district, Thane district
    • Odisha : Odisha
    • Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
    • Jharkhand :
    • Madhya Pradesh : Madhya Pradesh
    • Uttarakhand : Nainital district
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Delhi : Delhi
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman Islands
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1
    • J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
    • R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
    • R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
    • H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
    • N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
    • 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.
    • Indigenous Plants at Biodiversity Park, Ranchi - Ranchi Afforestation Division, Forest and Environmental Department, Jharkhand
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Schleichera oleosa. Downloaded on 10 October 2024.

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