- Family : MELIACEAE
(Mahogany Or Neem Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : NEEM FAMILY (नीम फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Meliaceae
- Basionym : Nemedra elaeagnoidea A.Juss.
- Synonym(s) : Aglaia roxburghiana (Wight & Arn.) Miq.; Milnea roxburghiana Wight & Arn.; Aglaia elaeagnoidea var. Courtallensis (Gamble) Nair
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Aglaia elaeagnoidea (A.Juss.)Benth.
- Common name : Chakoola Tree
- Vernacular name :
- Priyangu (Hindi)
- Thottulu (Kannada)
- Erra aduga (Telugu)
- Chokkala (Tamil)
- Gandhaphala (Sanskrit)
- Punyava (Malayalam)
- Chokkala (Tamil)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Tropical semi-evergreen forests, sacred groves in the plains
- Key identification features : Tree, leaflets small, usually 5
- Flower, Fruit : November-August
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : West Godavari district, Kurnool district, Chittoor district, East Godavari district, Vishakapatnam district
- Karnataka : Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Uttara Kannada district, Belagavi district, Ballari district, Chikkamagaluru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Shivamogga district, Tumakuru district, Udupi district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Ratnagiri district, Sindhudurg district, Kolhapur district
- Odisha : Khurda district, Kalhandi district, Ganjam district
- Tamil Nadu : Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Coimbatore district, The Nilgiri district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tirunelveli district, Theni district, Vellore district, Tiruvannamalai district, Dharmapuri district, Kanyakumari district, Tirunelveli district, Salem district, Villipuram district, Cuddalore district, Namakkal district
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman Islands
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Andaman Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vanuatu, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vanuatu, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
- Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1
- Ravichandran, V. 2016. Taxonomic and Phytogeographical investigation on endemic plants of Western Ghats with special reference to Megamalai Wildlife Sanctuary of Tamil Nadu (Ph.D. thesis work)
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan District
- Saldanha, C. J. (1996). Flora of Karnataka vol. 2. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi
- Gowda, 2004 – Flora of Sringeri District
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi District
- Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District
- N.P. Sing & S. Karthikeyan 2000. Flora of Maharastra vol 1. Botanical survey of India, Govt. India
- M.R. Almeida (1996). Flora of Maharashtra vol.1
- Sudhakar Reddy, C et al., 2009. Tree Wealth of Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Aglaia elaeagnoidea. Downloaded on 6 December 2024.
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