Acronychia pedunculata (L.) Miq.

 
  • Family : RUTACEAE
    (Rue Or Citrus Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : NIMBU FAMILY (नींबू फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Rutaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Paronychia arborea (Blume) Walp.; Paronychia laurifolia Walp.; Ximenia lanceolata (Lour.) DC.; Acronychia apiculata Miq.; Acronychia arborea Blume; Acronychia barberi Gamble; Acronychia elliptica Merr. & L.M.Perry; Acronychia laurifolia Blume; Acronychia odorata (Lour.) Baill. ex Crevost & Lemari; Acronychia resinosa (Lour.) J.R.Forst. ex Crevost & Lemari; Clausena simplicifolia Dalzell; Cyminosma ankenda Gaertn.; Cyminosma chinensis G.Don Cyminosma odorata (Lour.) DC.; Cyminosma pedunculata (L.) DC.; Cyminosma resinosa DC.Doerrienia malabarica Dennst.; Gela lanceolata Lour.; Jambolifera arborea (Blume) Zoll. & Moritzi; Jambolifera odorata Lour.; Jambolifera pedunculata L.; Jambolifera resinosa Lour.; Laxmannia ankenda Raeusch.; Selas lanceolatum Spreng.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Acronychia pedunculata (L.)Miq.
  • Common name : Indian Aspen
  • Vernacular name :
    • Sone mavu (Kannada)
    • Muttanari (Tamil)
    • Chakkimaram, Mavaranchi, Mavuringi, Muttanari, Orilatheeppettimaram, Verukkutheeni, Vettukanala, Vidukanali (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests, Tropical semi-evergreen forests
  • Key identification features : Small evergreen tree; branches stout; Leaves unifoliolate, sub-opposite, collected at the end of the branchlets; Flowers white or pale-yellow; petals villous at the base inside; stamens 8; Fruit the size of a large pea, obscurely 4 angled.
  • Flower, Fruit : March-December
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Maharashtra : Nagpur district, Sindhudurg district
    • Odisha : Ganjam district, Mayurbhanj district, Nayagarh district, Puri district, Sundergarh district
    • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Kanyakumari district, Madurai district, The Nilgiri district, Tirunelveli district, Theni district
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
    • H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
    • Sudhakar Reddy, C et al., 2009. Tree Wealth of Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1
    • Ravichandran, V. 2016. Taxonomic and Phytogeographical investigation on endemic plants of Western Ghats with special reference to Megamalai Wildlife Sanctuary of Tamil Nadu (Ph.D. thesis work)
    • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla 108
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Acronychia pedunculata. Downloaded on 8 December 2024.

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