Horsfieldia amygdalina (Wall.) Warb.

 
  • Family : MYRISTICACEAE
    (Nutmeg Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : JATIPHALA FAMILY (जातिफल फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Myristicaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Myristica amygdalina Wall.; Palala amygdalina (Wall.) Kuntze
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Horsfieldia amygdalina (Wall.) Warb.
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests
  • Key identification features : Tall trees, 15-20 m high; Leaves aromatic, elliptic or lanceolate; Flowers yellow in branched, spreading panicles; Fruits trigonous, aril yellow.
  • Flower, Fruit : July- December
  • Distribution :
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : India, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Hainan, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : India, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Hainan, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Literature :
    • Deb, D.B. (1981) The Flora of Tripura State. Vol. 2. Today and Tomorrow’s Printers and Publishers, New Delhi.
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 329
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Horsfieldia amygdalina. Downloaded on 9 October 2024.

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India Distribution

World Distribution

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