Calophyllum amoenum Wall.

 
  • Family : CLUSIACEAE
    (Garcinia Or Kokam Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KOKAM FAMILY (कोकम फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Clusiaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Calophyllum calaba var. bracteatum (Wight) P.F.Stevens
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : In evergreen forest on hills
  • Comments / notes : New leaves pinkish-yellow, appearing is December.
  • Key identification features : A straight-stemmed tree, with smooth yellowish bark, out brownish, young branchlets, petioles, inflorescence, and petals rusty pubescent. Leaves elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, acute, tapering at the base. Flowers in few-flowered racemes. Berry ovoid-globose.
  • Flower, Fruit : December
  • Distribution :
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : North and Middle Andaman,South Andaman
  • Native : Bhutan, Sikkim, Darjeeling, China (S-Yunnan), Myanmar [Burma] (Kayin, Mon, Rakhine), Thailand, Vietnam, India (West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala), Andamans (Middle Andamans, South Andamans), Bangladesh
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • Literature :
    • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 87
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Calophyllum amoenum. Downloaded on 4 October 2024.

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