- Family : SYMPLOCACEAE
(Symplocos Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : SODH FAMILY (सोध फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Symplocaceae
- Synonym(s) : Dicalix propinquus (Hance) H.Migo; Hopea racemosa (Roxb.) Dalzell & A.Gibson; Lodhra hamiltoniana Miers; Lodhra nervosa Miers; Lodhra racemosa (Roxb.) Miers; Symplocos beddomei C.B.Clarke; Symplocos hamiltoniana Wall. ex G.Don; Symplocos impressa H.R.Fletcher; Symplocos intermedia Brand
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Symplocos racemosa Roxb.
- Common name : Lodh tree, Symplocos bark
- Vernacular name :
- Lodh (Hindi)
- Lodduga, Erralodduga (Telugu)
- Ludho, Mudha, Lodha, Lodh (Oria)
- Lodara (Sanskrit)
- Pachotti, Podippari (Malayalam)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests
- Key identification features : Medium sized trees, up to 12 m high; branches spreading, bark dark grey; Leaves ovate, oblong to oblong-Ianceolate, obscurely crenate, sparsely pilose beneath; Flowers in axillary, spiket compound racemes, white, silky hairy outside; Fruits oblong, brown, crowned by persistent calyx lobes.
- Flower, Fruit : October-May
- Distribution :
- Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Sambalpur district, Keonjhar district
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Subansiri
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Mt. Harriet
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Caroline Islands, China, Bhutan, Hainan, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : India to Indo-China
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla, 201
- G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 140-141
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Symplocos racemosa. Downloaded on 14 December 2024.
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