- 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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