Uvaria andamanica King

 
  • Family : ANNONACEAE
    (Custard Apple Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : SITAPHAL FAMILY (सीताफल फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Annonaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Uvaria lamponga Scheff.
  • Habit : Climber
  • Habitat : Inland evergreen forests
  • Comments / notes : Seeds may be dispersed by zoochory i.e., dispersal by birds or animals.
  • Key identification features : Scandent. Young branches scurfy stellate-tomentose. Flowers small, in terminal or axillary cymes; sepals orbicular; rusty stellate tomentose outside; petals orbicular. Ripe carpels blunt at each end, densely covered with rusty stellate tomentum.
  • Flower, Fruit : December-April
  • Distribution :
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : South Andaman
  • Native : Andaman Is., Sumatera
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • Endemism : India
  • Conservation Status : Not evaluated (IUCN).
  • Literature :
    • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 79
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Uvaria andamanica. Downloaded on 7 October 2024.

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