- 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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