Clusia rosea Jacq.

 
  • Family : CLUSIACEAE
    (Garcinia Or Kokam Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KOKAM FAMILY (कोकम फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Clusiaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Clusia rosea Jacq.
  • Common name : Autograph Tree, Pitch Apple, Balsam Fig
  • Habit : Tree
  • Key identification features : Evergreen tree; Leaves broad, dark green, leathery; Flowers born at the end of branches; Fruit fleshy, light green, poisonous fruit; persistent fruits turn black when ripe and split open, bright red seeds surrounded by black, resinous material.
  • Flower, Fruit : March-April
  • Distribution :
    • Maharashtra : Mumbai Suburban district
  • Exotic/Native : Exotic
  • World Distribution : Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Cayman Islands, Central American Pac, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Islands, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Islands
  • Literature :
    • N.P. Sing & S. Karthikeyan 2000. Flora of Maharashtra vol 1.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Clusia rosea. Downloaded on 11 November 2024.

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