Xylocarpus granatum J. Koenig

 
  • Family : MELIACEAE
    (Mahogany Or Neem Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : NEEM FAMILY (नीम फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Meliaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Xylocarpus obovatus (Blume) Spreng.; Carapa obovata Blume; Carapa granatum (J.Koenig) Alston
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Xylocarpus granatum J. Koenig
  • Common name : Puzzle fruit Tree, Cannan ball tree
  • Vernacular name :
    • Pusur (Hindi)
    • Somunthiri, Kanlolanyey (Tamil)
    • Sisumar, Susambar, Chepa, Sisu (Oria)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Littoral and tidal swamp forests, also aong the sea coasts
  • Comments / notes : The wood is hardly ever used in the Andaman; Along seashores and along creeks, especially in mangrove forest
  • Key identification features : Evergreen tree. Bark grey
  • Flower, Fruit : February-December
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Maharashtra : Sindhudurg district
    • Odisha : Jambu, Bitarkanika (Koraput district),
    • Tamil Nadu : Cuddalore district, Villipuram district
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  • Native : Aldabra, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Islands, Comoros, Fiji, Hainan, India, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesser Sunda Islands, Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Mozambique, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Aldabra, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Islands, Comoros, Fiji, Hainan, India, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesser Sunda Islands, Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Mozambique, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Philippines, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam
  • Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1.
    • Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
    • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla 119
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Xylocarpus granatum. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.

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