Tetrameles nudiflora R.Br.

 
  • Family : DATISCACEAE
    (Tetrameles Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : TETRAMELES FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Tetramelaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Anictoclea grahamiana Nimmo; Tetrameles grahamiana (Nimmo) Wight; Tetrameles horsfieldii Steud.; Tetrameles rufinervis Miq.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Tetrameles nudiflora R.Br.
  • Vernacular name :
    • Chini, Cheeni, Cheenimaram, Vellapasa (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Tropical vergreen forests, Tropical semi-evergreen forests, Tropical moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
  • Key identification features : Tree with buttressed trunk; exfoliating bark
  • Flower, Fruit : March-May
  • Collection Nos : KFP 12779, KFP 12958
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Karnataka
    • Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Ernakulam district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • West Bengal : Darjeeling district, Jalpaiguri district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • World Distribution : Paleotropics
  • Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
  • Literature :
    • Flora of Karnataka, Saldanha, 1984
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Coorg
    • 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: 181
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Tetrameles nudiflora. Downloaded on 4 October 2024.

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