- Family : ANNONACEAE
(Custard-Apple Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : SITAPHAL FAMILY (सीताफल फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Annonaceae
- Synonym(s) : Desmos chinensis var. jarawae Chakrab. & Diwakar
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Desmos chinensis Lour.
- Vernacular name :
- Habit : Shrub
- Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests, Tropical semi-evergreen forests
- Comments / notes : Tropical evergreen forests, Tropical semi-evergreen forests.
- Key identification features : Shrub, 2-5 m high; Leaves oblong-lanceolate; Flowers solitary, extra axillary, 6-10 cm long, pale yellow; Carpels jointed
- Flower, Fruit : October-January
- Collection Nos : KFP 5236, KFP 7609, CJS 16815, CJS 16941
- Distribution :
- Karnataka : Dakshina Kannada district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Uttara Kannada district
- Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Odisha : Khurda district, Bargarh district, Bolangir district, Ganjam district
- Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Tirunelveli district
- Arunachal Pradesh : Siang district
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman Islands
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka
- Cecil J. Saldanha, S. R. Ramesh (1984). Flora of Karnatka State vol. 1. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi
- Balakrishna Gowda & A.N. Sringesh 2004 – Sringeri (checklist unpublished)
- Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg district
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Desmos lawii. Downloaded on 14 December 2024.
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