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) : Amoora lawii (Wight) Bedd.; Nimmoia lawii Wight
  • 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 : Coimbatore district, Tirunelveli district, Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district, Dindigul district, Namakkal 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 (2025). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Aglaia lawii. Downloaded on 1 July 2025.

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