Dysoxylum andamanicum King

 
  • Family : MELIACEAE
    (Mahogany Or Neem Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : NEEM FAMILY (नीम फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Meliaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Alliaria cyrtobotrya Kuntze; Alliaria lobbii (C.DC.) Kuntze; Alliaria multijuga Kuntze; Amoora macrocarpa Merr.; Dysoxylum alternatum Ridl.; Dysoxylum aurantiacum Elmer; Dysoxylum bakeri Elmer; Dysoxylum benguetense Elmer; Dysoxylum biloculare Koord. & Valeton; Dysoxylum blumei Miq.; Dysoxylum cochinchinense Pierre; Dysoxylum grandifolium Merr.; Dysoxylum harmandianum Pierre; Dysoxylum hexandrum Merr.; Dysoxylum heyneanum Valeton ex K.Heyne; Dysoxylum kinabaluense Merr.; Dysoxylum lobbii C.DC.; Dysoxylum multifoliolatum P.T.Li & X.M.Chen; Dysoxylum multijugum (Blume) Adelb.; Dysoxylum oblongifoliolum Quisumb. & Merr.; Dysoxylum panayense Merr.; Dysoxylum racemosum King; Dysoxylum tpongense Pierre; Dysoxylum venulosum King; Heynea multijuga Blume
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Dysoxylum cyrtobotryum Miq.
  • Habit : Tree
  • Key identification features : A small tree 15-25 feet high and about a foot in girth. Flowers pale-yellow or cream-coloured, in short axillary spiciform racemes; petals reflexed; stamens 8. Fruit depressed globular.
  • Flower, Fruit : January
  • Distribution :
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Port Blair taluk,Chiriatapu and Long Island
  • Native : Andaman Is., Assam, Borneo, Cambodia, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • Literature :
    • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 120
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Dysoxylum andamanicum. Downloaded on 16 October 2024.

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