Ternstroemia penangiana Choisy

 
  • Family : TERNSTROEMIACEAE
    (Tea Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : CHAAY FAMILY (चाय फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Pentaphylacaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Adinandra miquelii King; Mokof penangiana (Choisy) Kuntze; Ternstroemia bancana Miq.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Ternstroemia penangiana Choisy
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Usually In evergreen forests
  • Key identification features : A small or moderate-sized shady tree with dark coloured bark; cut mealy, reddish-brown. Leaves tapering at the base, margin entire and slightly recurved, dark green, drying brown. Flowers solitary, creamy-white turning dark brown in withering: petals waxy with denticulate margins. Berries globose, smooth, orange-coloured with a thickened wrinkled calyx.
  • Flower, Fruit : December-May
  • Distribution :
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : North and Middle Andaman,South Andaman,Long Island
  • Native : Borneo, Malaya, Myanmar, Sumatera, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • Conservation Status : The truly resemble large apricots.
  • Literature :
    • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 91
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Ternstroemia penangiana. Downloaded on 6 October 2024.

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