- Family : FLACOURTIACEAE
(Flacourtia Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : CHILLA FAMILY (चिल्ला फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Salicaceae
- Synonym(s) : Guidonia tomentosa (Roxb.) Kurz; Casearia tomentosa Roxb.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Casearia tomentosa Roxb.
- Vernacular name :
- Allemari, Sillangi (Kannada)
- Chilaka-doddi (Telugu)
- Kadichai (Tamil)
- Benimonj, Girari, Kakra, Kaukada, Majo, Khokhoda (Oria)
- Chilla, Karei (Marathi)
- Anakkarana, Annavananni, Cherukanali, Vapunnakannan (Malayalam)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Tropical moist deciduous forests and forest plantations
- Comments / notes : Occasional along streams in dry deciduous forests, up to 960m alt. The plant extracts are used in local medicine.
- Flower, Fruit : February-August
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Seshachalam Hills (Chittoor district), Srikakulam district (Srikakulam district), Nallamalai Hills (Kurnool district), Addateegala Forest, Kutranda (East Godavari district)
- Karnataka : Hassan district
- Kerala : Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district
- Maharashtra : Aurangabad district, Chandrapur district, Dhule district, Gadchiroli district, Nagpur district, Pune district, Nashik district, Ratnagiri district, Sindhudurg district, Thane district, Yavatmal district
- Odisha : All disricts of Odisha in scrub and low elevations
- Tamil Nadu : Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Coimbatore district, Dharmapuri district, Madurai district, The Nilgiri district, Ramanathapuram district, SL, Villipuram district, Cuddalore district, Thanjavur district, Tiruchirapalli district
- Madhya Pradesh : Madhya Pradesh
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Delhi : Delhi
- Punjab : Punjab
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan
- 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
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- Franklin Benjamin & G.V.S.Murthy, 2013. Flora of Sri Venkateswara National Park, Andhra Pradesh, BSI.
- Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Casearia elliptica. Downloaded on 10 October 2024.
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