Casearia elliptica Willd.

 
  • 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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