Castanopsis echinocarpa Miq.

 
  • Family : FAGACEAE
    (Beech Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : MORU FAMILY (मोरु फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Fagaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Castanopsis tribuloides var. echinocarpa (Miq.) King ex Hook.f.; Castanea echidnocarpa Hook.f. & Thomson ex A.DC.; Castanopsis echidnocarpa A.DC.; Castanopsis echinocarpa var. seminuda W.C.Cheng & C.S.Chao; Castanopsis longispicata Hu
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Castanopsis echinocarpa Miq.
  • Habit : Tree
  • Key identification features : Tall trees; bark dark grey; Male flowers in paniculate or fascicled spikes, minute; Female flowers in solitary spikes, greenish; Fruits spiny, nut solitary.
  • Flower, Fruit : April- September
  • Distribution :
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Changiang, Lohit
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, China, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, China, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Literature :
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 427-428
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Castanopsis echinocarpa. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.

India Distribution

World Distribution

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