Goniothalamus sesquipedalis (Colebr. ex Wall.) Hook.f. & Thomson

 
  • Family : ANNONACEAE
    (Custard Apple Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : SITAPHAL FAMILY (सीताफल फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Annonaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Guatteria grandifolia Steud.; Guatteria macrophylla A.DC.; Guatteria sesquipedalis Colebr. ex Wall.; Oxymitra macrophylla A.DC.; Uvaria sesquipedalis Colebr. ex Wall.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Goniothalamus sesquipedalis (Colebr. ex Wall.) Hook.f. & Thomson
  • Vernacular name :
    • Skum-synsar, Soh-um-synrang (Khasi), Kham (Lushai), Leikham (Manip).
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Habitat : Forests and shaded places
  • Comments / notes : Decoction of leaves is given in case of liver enlargement.
  • Key identification features : Shrub upto 3 m high, unbranched; Leaves oblanceolate, glaucous beneath; Flowers solitary or fascicled, green to greenish yellow, pendent; Ripe carpels ellipsoid, orange red when ripe
  • Flower, Fruit : May- December.
  • Distribution :
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang district, Tirap district
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar
  • Literature :
    • P.K . Hajra ., D.M. Verma and G.S. Giri (1996). Materials For The Flora Of Arunachal Pradesh , Vol (1), Pg : 122
    • Deb, D.B. (1981) The Flora of Tripura State. Vol. 2. Today and Tomorrow’s Printers and Publishers, New Delhi.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Goniothalamus sesquipedalis. Downloaded on 7 October 2024.

India Distribution

World Distribution

Creative Commons License
India Flora Online by Herbarium JCB is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.