Symplocos racemosa Roxb.

 
  • 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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