Baccaurea ramiflora Lour.

 
  • Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
    (Spurge Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : AMLA FAMILY (आँवला फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Phyllanthaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Baccaurea cauliflora Lour.; Baccaurea flaccida Müll.Arg.; Baccaurea oxycarpa Gagnep.; Baccaurea pierardi Wall.; Baccaurea propinqua Müll.Arg.; Baccaurea sapida (Roxb.) Müll.Arg.; Baccaurea wrayi King ex Hook.f.; Gatnaia annamica Gagnep.; Pierardia flaccida Wall.; Pierardia sapida Roxb.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Baccaurea ramiflora Lour.
  • Vernacular name :
    • Latko, Kataphal (Hindi)
    • Rajkoli (Oria)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests
  • Key identification features : Medium sized trees, 8-12 m high with compact oval crown; Leaves elliptic-oblong, elliptic-Ianceolate or obovate, glabrous; Flowers apetalous in axillary, short spikes or fascicles, yellow; Fruits ovoid, yellow with rose coloured pulp.
  • Flower, Fruit : April-June
  • Distribution :
    • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Kameng, Lohit, Tirap
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
    • H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
    • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 239
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 364
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Baccaurea ramiflora. Downloaded on 7 October 2024.

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