Symplocos sumuntia D. Don

 
  • Family : SYMPLOCACEAE
    (Symplocos Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : SODH FAMILY (सोध फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Symplocaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Eugenioides sumuntia (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Kuntze; Lodhra sumuntia (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Miers
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Symplocos sumuntia Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Forest and shrubberies
  • Key identification features : Small to medium sized trees, up to 10m high; Leaves lanceolate or ellitipic lanceolate, caudate acuminate, glandular dentate; Flowers in axillary, zigzag racemes, white or yellow; anthers light yellow; Fruits ellipsoid or ovoid, green to brown, crowned by persistent calyx.
  • Flower, Fruit : March-May
  • Distribution :
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Subansiri
    • Meghalaya : East Khasi Hills (Shillong) district
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, India, Hainan, Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Korea, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Literature :
    • K. Sankara Rao photography
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 141
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Symplocos sumuntia. Downloaded on 4 October 2024.

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