Chisocheton grandiflorus Kurz.

 
  • Family : MELIACEAE
    (Mahogany Or Neem Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : NEEM FAMILY (नीम फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Meliaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Dysoxylum grandiflorum Wight & Arn.; Plagiotaxis grandiflora Wall.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Chisocheton grandiflorus Kurz.
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests
  • Comments / notes : A high forest tree dispersed throughout the islands of the South Andaman
  • Key identification features : A evergreen tree 40-50 feet high; bark rough with corky warts, cut rather dry, reddish. Flowers in dense recemes arranged in tawny-tomentose axillary panicles; staminal tube cylindric. Capsule lucuiciadally 3-valved.
  • Distribution :
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : South Andaman
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : India, Myanmar, Thailand
  • Literature :
    • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 119
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Chisocheton grandiflorus. Downloaded on 16 October 2024.

Habitat

India Distribution

World Distribution

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