Aglaia lawii (Wight) C.J.Saldanha

 
  • Family : MELIACEAE
    (Mahogany Or Neem Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : NEEM FAMILY (नीम फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Meliaceae
  • Basionym : Nimmoia lawii Wight
  • Synonym(s) : Aglaia alternifoliola Merr.; Aglaia andamanica Hiern; Aglaia attenuata H.L.Li; Aglaia brachybotrys Merr.; Aglaia cagayanensis Merr.; Aglaia canarana (Turcz.) C.J.Saldanha; Aglaia euryphylla Koord. & Valeton; Aglaia eusideroxylon Koord. & Valeton; Aglaia grandifoliola Merr.;Aglaia haslettiana Haines; Aglaia jainii M.V.Viswan. & K.Ramach.; Aglaia korthalsii (Miq.) Pellegr.; Aglaia littoralis Zipp. ex Miq.; Aglaia ouangliensis (H.Lév.) H.S.Lo; Aglaia pedicellata (Hiern) Kosterm.; Aglaia racemosa Ridl.; Aglaia sclerocarpa C.DC.; Aglaia stipitata P.T.Li & X.M.Chen; Aglaia tamilnadensis N.C.Nair & R.Rajan; Aglaia tenuifolia H.L.Li; Aglaia tetrapetala Pierre; Aglaia tsangii Merr.; Aglaia turczaninowii C.DC.; Aglaia wangii H.L.Li; Aglaia yunnanensis H.L.Li; Amoora calcicola C.Y.Wu & H.Li; Amoora canarana (Turcz.) Hiern; Amoora curtispica Gibbs; Amoora duodecimantha H.Zhu & H.Wang; Amoora dysoxyloides Kurz; Amoora korthalsii Miq.; Amoora lactescens Kurz; Amoora lawii (Wight) Bedd.; Amoora lepidota Merr.; Amoora ouangliensis (H.Lév.) C.Y.Wu; Amoora tetrapetala (Pierre) Pellegr.; Amoora tetrapetala var. macrophylla (H.L.Li) C.Y.Wu; Amoora tsangii (Merr.) X.M.Chen; Amoora yunnanensis (H.L.Li) C.Y.Wu; Epicharis exarillata Nimmo; Lansium pedicellatum Hiern; Lepiaglaia tetrapetala Pierre; Nemedra nimmonii Dalzell; Nimmoia lawii Wight; Oraoma canarana Turcz.; Ficus ouangliensis H.Lév.; Ficus vaniotii H.Lév.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Aglaia lawii (Wight) C.J.Saldanha
  • Vernacular name :
    • Burumb, Kat, Ragatrohida (Marathi)
    • Karakil, Vellacheeralam (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests, Tropical semi-evergreen forests
  • Comments / notes : Occasional in Tropical semi-evergreen forests, near streams.
  • Key identification features : A moderate-sized tree with a brownish-green bark peeling in flakes. Fruit narrowly-ellipsoid
  • Flower, Fruit : December-March
  • Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha
  • Collection Nos : KFP 8458, HFP 16200; CJS 16032
  • Collection Locality : Bisle Ghat, lower section (Hassan)
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Visakhapatnam district
    • Karnataka : Dakshina Kannada district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Shivamogga district, Uttara Kannada district, Denemalai (Ballari district)
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kollam district
    • Maharashtra : Kolhapur district, Nashik district, Pune district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Satara district, Sindhudurg district, Thane district
    • Odisha : Puri district, Angul district, Bolangir district
    • Tamil Nadu : Tirunelveli district, Coimbatore district, Tirunelveli district, Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district
    • Assam : Assam
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  • Native : India, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Hainan, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nicobar Islands, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Indo-Malesia to Pacific Islands
  • Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
  • Literature :
    • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka
    • Saldanha, C. J. 1996. Flora of Karnataka vol. 2
    • N.P. Sing & S. Karthikeyan 2000. Flora of Maharashtra vol 1
    • Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
    • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 121
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Aglaia lawii. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.

Botanical Description

Herbarium Specimen(s)

Line Drawings

Field Image(s)

Habitat

India Distribution

World Distribution

Creative Commons License
India Flora Online by Herbarium JCB is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.