Calophyllum spectabile Willd.

 
  • Family : CLUSIACEAE
    (Garcinia Or Kokam Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KOKAM FAMILY (कोकम फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Clusiaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Apoterium sulatri Blume; Calophyllum lanceolarium Roxb.; Calophyllum lanceolatum Blume
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Calophyllum tacamahaca Willd.
  • Common name : The Nicobar Conoe Tree
  • Vernacular name :
    • Lalchini (Hindi)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Frequent, especially in low, damp, evergreen forest and on the high evergreen hills
  • Comments / notes : Wood reddish, suitable for planking and for masts and spars
  • Key identification features : A straight-stemmed tree, bark yellowish, usually with fine longitudinal fissures, cut pink, turning brown. Leaves narrowly to broadly oblong. Flowers rather small, on slender pedicels in axillary umbelliform racemes; sepals white; stamens bright yellow. Fruit greenish, ovoid
  • Flower, Fruit : May-January
  • Distribution :
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  • Native : Mauritius, Réunion
  • 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 spectabile. Downloaded on 6 October 2024.

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