Horsfieldia kingii (Hook.f.) Warb.

 
  • Family : MYRISTICACEAE
    (Nutmeg Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : JATIPHALA FAMILY (जातिफल फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Myristicaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Myristica kingii Hook.f.; Palala kingii (Hook.f.) Kuntze; Horsfieldia hainanensis Merr.; Horsfieldia tetratepala C.Y.Wu & W.T.Wang
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Horsfieldia kingii (Hook.f.) Warb.
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests; This species is relatiely rare with patchy distribution
  • Key identification features : Large trees, up to 20 m high with dense crown; younger parts pubescent; Leaves elliptic, obovate or oblanceolate, coriaceous, glabrous; Flowers in much branched, tomentose panicles; Fruits ellipsoid, arils turn orange-red.
  • Flower, Fruit : Aprilil- March
  • Distribution :
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, China, Bhutan, India, Hainan, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, China, Bhutan, India, Hainan, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand
  • Literature :
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 329-330
    • Navendu Page., Aparajita Datta., Bibidishananda Basu (2022). Trees of Arunachal Pradesh-a field guide, Pg: 122-123
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Horsfieldia kingii. Downloaded on 11 October 2024.

India Distribution

World Distribution

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