Casearia wynadensis Bedd.

 
  • Family : FLACOURTIACEAE
    (Flacourtia Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : CHILLA FAMILY (चिल्ला फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Salicaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Unresolved name
  • Vernacular name :
    • Karikunnan (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests
  • Comments / notes : Common in moist deciduous and evergreen forests at an altitude of 600-1200m.
  • Key identification features : Trees with pubescent branchlets; Leaves simple, alternate, stipulate; Flowers small bisexual, greenish, fascicled; Calyx long, lobed, glabrous ; Fruit is a small oblong, greenish capsule.
  • Flower, Fruit : January-October
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Shivamogga district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Chikkamagaluru district
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Palakkad district
    • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, The Nilgiri district, Tirunelveli district
  • Native : India
  • Endemism : Western Ghats
  • World Distribution : India
  • Conservation Status : Vulnerable (VU)
  • Literature :
    • Sharma B.D, 1984 - Flora of Karnataka Analysis
    • Udayan, Ravikumar and Udaiyan 2004. New Plant records from the state of Karnataka. J. Ind. For. May, 2004
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1
    • Navendu Page (2017). Endemic woody plants of the Western Ghats.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Casearia wynadensis. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.

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