Talauma andamanica King

 
  • Family : MAGNOLIACEAE
    (Magnolia Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : SON CHAMPA FAMILY (सोन चम्पा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Magnoliaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Aromadendron oreadum (Diels) Kaneh. & Hatus.; Blumia candollei Nees; Lirianthe liliifera (L.) Sima & S.G.Lu; Lirianthe poilanei Sima & S.G.Lu; Lirianthe pulgarensis (Elmer) Sima & S.G.Lu; Liriodendron liliiferum L.; Magnolia andamanica King; Magnolia andamanica (King) D.C.S.Raju & M.P.Nayar; Magnolia candollei (Blume) H.Keng; Magnolia craibiana Dandy; Magnolia eriostepta var. poilanei Dandy ex Gagnep.; Magnolia forbesii King; Magnolia kunstleri King; Magnolia mutabilis (Blume) H.J.Chowdhery & P.Daniel; Magnolia odoratissima Reinw. ex Blume; Magnolia pachyphylla Dandy; Magnolia pulgarensis Dandy; Magnolia pumila Andrews; Magnolia rumphii (Blume) Spreng.; Magnolia splendens Reinw. ex Blume; Magnolia thamnodes Dandy; Manglietia celebica Miq.; Manglietia thamnodes (Dandy) Gagnep.; Talauma andamanica King; Talauma athliantha Dandy; Talauma borneensis Merr.; Talauma candollei Blume; Talauma celebica Koord.; Talauma forbesii King; Talauma gitingensis Elmer; Talauma gracilior Dandy; Talauma inflata P.Parm.; Talauma javanica P.Parm.; Talauma kunstleri King; Talauma liliifera (L.) Kurz; Talauma longifolia (Blume) Ridl.; Talauma macrophylla Blume ex Miq.; Talauma miqueliana Dandy; Talauma mutabilis Blume; Talauma nhatrangensis Dandy; Talauma oreadum Diels; Talauma pulgarensis Elmer; Talauma pumila (Andrews) Blume; Talauma reticulata Merr.; Talauma rubra Miq.; Talauma rumphii Blume; Talauma soembensis Dandy; Talauma sumatrana A.Agostini; Talauma undulatifolia A.Agostini
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Magnolia liliifera (L.) Baill.
  • Common name : Andaman Magnolia
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Usually found in evergreen forests in dump place along streams.
  • Comments / notes : Uncommon but not rare. The young leaves, which are yellowish- pink and conspiouous, come out in the month of February.
  • Key identification features : A small tree Usually branching low, bark dis-coloured, cut mealy, dirty cream-coloured; stipules large, leaving annular scars. Leaves 7–16 in. long, broad, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, narrowed into the petiole, entire, dark green, glabrous and glossy; lateral nerves 10-15 pair, Flower buds sub-globose, purplish; flowers solitary and terminal, handsome and fragrant; sepals concave, pinkish-purple ; petals 6, white. Fruit like a woody cone, up to 2 in. long.
  • Flower, Fruit : April-December
  • Distribution :
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : North and Middle Andaman, South Andaman, Mt. Wimberley
  • Native : Andaman Is., Assam, Borneo, Cambodia, East Himalaya, Hainan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • Literature :
    • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 73
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Talauma andamanica. Downloaded on 16 October 2024.

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