Brownlowia tersa (L.) Kosterm.

 
  • Family : TILIACEAE
    (Linden Or Jute Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : FALSA FAMILY (फालसा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Malvaceae
  • Basionym : Glabraria tersa L.
  • Synonym(s) : Litsea tersa (L.) M.R.Almeida; Litsea tersa Merr.; Malapoenna tersa (L.) Kuntze; Tetranthera tersa (L.) Spreng.; Brownlowia beccarii (Mast.) Pierre; Brownlowia lanceolata Benth.; Dialycarpa beccarii Mast.; Glabraria tersa L.; Heritiera attenuata Wall.; Niota polyandra Wight & Arn.; Vitmannia polyandra (Wight & Arn.) Steud.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Brownlowia tersa (L.) Kosterm.
  • Vernacular name :
    • Pani sundri, Nata sundri (Oria)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Along salt-water creeks, high up stream beyond the mangrove, forming dense thickets along the banks and almost submerged during the high tides.
  • Comments / notes : Generally grows in brackish water and along the coast. This species is sometimes used for fencing or fuelwood. (IUCN, 2014)
  • Key identification features : A littoral shrub, the branchlets slender, scaly, and greyish like the under-surface of the leaves. Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, base rounded with weak basal nerves, dark green and glossy above, silvery grey beneath, entire, lateral nerves few and weak. Flowers small, whitish, in narrow axillary panicles; petals 6; stamens many, with 5 staminodes opposite the petals. Fruit brownish, scaly.
  • Flower, Fruit : May-December
  • Distribution :
    • Odisha : Tidal forest of Jambu (Cuttack district), Kendrapara district, Khurda district
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : North and Middle Andaman
  • Native : Tropical Asia
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : India, Myanmar
  • Conservation Status : Near Threatened (NT)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1.
    • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 105
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Brownlowia tersa. Downloaded on 16 October 2024.

Herbarium Specimen(s)

India Distribution

World Distribution

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