- Family : FAGACEAE
(Beech Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : MORU FAMILY (मोरु फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Fagaceae
- Synonym(s) : Castanea indica Roxb. ex Lindl.; Quercus indica (Roxb. ex Lindl.) Drake; Castanea indica Roxb.; Castanopsis macrostachya Hu; Castanopsis subacuminata Hayata; Quercus acutissima subsp. roxburghii (Endl.) A.Camus; Quercus acutissima var. roxburghii (Endl.) Schottky; Quercus dubia Lindl. ex Wall.; Quercus prinodes Voigt; Quercus roxburghii Endl.; Quercus serrata Roxb.; Quercus serrata var. roxburghii (Endl.) A.DC.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Castanopsis indica (Roxb. ex Lindl.) A.DC.
- Vernacular name :
- Amka- asing (Adi)
- Hinguri, Hinguri-sirang (Assamese)
- Sirang-asing (Miri), Kara-changne (Nishi)
- Nagadang-bang (Nokte)
- Habit : Tree
- Comments / notes : Cultivated
- Key identification features : Trees, 13-20 m high; Leaves elliptic-oblong or lanceolate, acuminate; Flowers solitary or in axillary spikes, creamy white; Nuts ovoid, brown.
- Flower, Fruit : February- December
- Distribution :
- Tamil Nadu : The Nilgiri district
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- West Bengal : West Bengal
- Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Kameng, Lohit, Siang, Subansiri, Tirap
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Bangladesh, China, Bhutan, India, Hainan, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Bangladesh, China, Bhutan, India, Hainan, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
- Literature :
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1987). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 2.
- G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 428
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Castanopsis indica. Downloaded on 14 October 2024.
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