Aglaia spectabilis (Miq.) S.S.Jain & S.Bennet

 
  • Family : MELIACEAE
    (Mahogany Or Neem Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : NEEM FAMILY (नीम फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Meliaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Aglaia dasyclada F.C.How & T.C.Chen; Aglaia gigantea (Pierre) Pellegr.; Aglaia hiernii M.V.Viswan. & K.Ramach.; Aglaia ridleyi (King) Pannell; Amoora dasyclada (F.C.How & T.C.Chen) C.Y.Wu; Amoora gigantea Pierre; Amoora ridleyi King; Amoora spectabilis Miq.; Amoora stellatosquamosa C.Y.Wu & H.Li; Amoora wallichii King; Aphanamixis wallichii (King) Harid. & R.R.Rao; Sphaerosacme spectabilis Royle
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Amoora Wallichii King
  • Vernacular name :
    • Laal chini (Hindi)
    • Karndali (Oria)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : In Tropical evergreen forests forest; in dump places and on moist evergreen forests hills
  • Key identification features : A large tree with spreading branches and a brownish-grey or brownish-yellow bark peeling in flakes, cut fibrous, reddish-pink with milky juice. Flowers yellowish small. Fruit orange-yellow, tawny-tomentose
  • Flower, Fruit : July-November
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district
    • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Angul district, Kalhandi district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : North and Middle Andaman,South Andaman,Rutland Island
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : India, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Santa Cruz Is., Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : India, Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar, Malaysia, Fiji Islands, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, Papua New Guniea, Philippines, Vietnam, Australia
  • Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
  • Literature :
    • Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1.
    • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 123
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Aglaia spectabilis. Downloaded on 7 October 2024.

Botanical Description

India Distribution

World Distribution

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