Dipterocarpus bourdillonii Brandis

 
  • Family : DIPTEROCARPACEAE
    (Dipterocarpus Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : SAKHU FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Dipterocarpaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Dipterocarpus bourdillonii Brandis
  • Vernacular name :
    • Chiratta-anjili, Kalpayin, Karanjili (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests
  • Comments / notes : A large low-elevation evergreen tree about 150 ft. height, apparently endemic to the Western Ghats, and occurring mostly in Kerala, with a few numbers extending into Karnataka and Tamil Nadu; elevation 40-250 m.
  • Key identification features : Tube of fruiting calyx 5-winged; leaf nerves below, looped, connected by transverse reticulation and young shoots clothed with spreading tomentum
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Dakshina Kannada district, Kodagu (Coorg) district
    • Kerala : Palakkad district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district
  • Native : India
  • Endemism : Western Ghats
  • World Distribution : India
  • Conservation Status : Endangered (EN)
  • Literature :
    • Gamble J.S, 1935- Fl. Of the Pres. Of Madras, Vol.1
    • Hooker's Icon. Pl. 25: t. 2403 1895
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Navendu Page (2017). Endemic woody plants of the Western Ghats.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Dipterocarpus bourdillonii. Downloaded on 7 October 2024.

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