- Family : ELAEAGNACEAE
(Oleaster Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : ELAEAGNUS FAMILY
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Elaeagnaceae
- Synonym(s) : Elaeagnus punctata Schltdl.; Elaeagnus rotundifolia Servett.; Elaeagnus thwaitesii Schltdl.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Elaeagnus latifolia L.
- Vernacular name :
- Perunkuliri, Kulangi (Tamil)
- Dibaguda (Oria)
- Kattumunthiringa, Palga, Kayalampuvalli, Povilam, Poolanpazham (Malayalam)
- Habit : Climbing shrub
- Habitat : Tropical semi-evergreen forests, Tropical evergreen forests, Tropical moist deciduous forests, Shola
- Comments / notes : Often on hills above 1200m, along forest borders of sholas and on thickets. E. latifolia L. is treated separately by some, but we follow Saldanha's Flora of Karnataka vol. 2 by keeping them conspecific. This is a high altitude replacement of E.indica Servettaz. Fruits are edible.
- Flower, Fruit : November-March
- Collection Nos : HFP 1231, CJS 15978, KFP 12490
- Distribution :
- Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Shivamogga district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district
- Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Kozhikode district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Maharashtra : Satara district, Raigad district
- Odisha : Koraput district, Puri district
- Tamil Nadu : Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Shevaroy Hills (Salem district)
- Uttarakhand : Nainital district
- Assam : Assam
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Saldanha, C. J. (1996). Flora of Karnataka vol. 2. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka
- Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
- Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 229
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Elaeagnus latifolia. Downloaded on 7 October 2024.
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