Friesodielsia fornicata (Roxb.) D.Das

 
  • Family : ANNONACEAE
    (Custard Apple Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : SITAPHAL FAMILY (सीताफल फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Annonaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Oxymitra fornicata (Roxb.) Hook.f. & Thomson; Uvaria fornicata Roxb.; Uvaria roxburghiana Wall.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Friesodielsia fornicata (Roxb.) D.Das
  • Common name : Eastern Dwaba-Berry
  • Vernacular name :
    • Mota-bokol-bih (Assamese), Dumakhal (Garo), Hruirang-moniai, Rampun-kung (Sanskrit).
  • Habit : Liana
  • Habitat : Forests, Evergreen inland forests.
  • Comments / notes : Used as firewood
  • Key identification features : Leaves oblanceolate; Flowers solitary, extra-axillary or leaf-opposed, upto 6 cm long, pale yellow; Ripe carpels verrucose, dull red, puberulous.
  • Flower, Fruit : April- December
  • Distribution :
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : West Kameng district, East Kameng district, Subansiri district
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : North and Middle Andaman,South Andaman
    • Manipur : Manipur
  • Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Myanmar, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Myanmar, Vietnam
  • Conservation Status : Not evaluated (IUCN).
  • Literature :
    • P.K . Hajra ., D.M. Verma and G.S. Giri (1996). Materials For The Flora Of Arunachal Pradesh , Vol (1), Pg : 122
    • 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=Friesodielsia fornicata. Downloaded on 11 October 2024.

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