Adansonia digitata L.

 
  • Family : BOMBACACEAE
    (Bombax Or Kapok Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : SEMAL FAMILY (लटकन फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Malvaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Adansonia digitata L.
  • Common name : African Calabash, Baobab Tree, Monkey Bread Tree, African Baobab tree
  • Vernacular name :
    • Gorakh mili (Hindi)
    • Brahma mulika (Kannada)
    • Enugulouda chettu (Telugu)
    • Anaippuli, Papparappuli (Tamil)
    • Chitrala (Sanskrit)
    • Gorakh-amla, Gorkh-chinch (Marathi)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Introduced and planted
  • Comments / notes : Often planted in gardens and in cultivation fields on plains. Fruits are said to have cooling effect
  • Flower, Fruit : April-September
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Dharwad district, KBL
    • Kerala : Kannur district
    • Maharashtra : Nagpur district, Aurangabad district, Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Pune district
    • Tamil Nadu : Planted
    • Delhi : Delhi
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Lakshadweep : Minicoy Islands
  • Native : Tropical Africa
  • World Distribution : Africa, Tropical Asia, Madagascar
  • 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
    • N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
    • Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
    • Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Seetharam et al., 2000 – Gulbarga.
    • C., Sudhakar Reddy & Roy, Parth. (2011). Plant Diversity of Lakshadweep Islands.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Adansonia digitata. Downloaded on 8 October 2024.

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