Elaeocarpus gaussenii Weibel

 
  • Family : ELAEOCARPACEAE
    (Olivnut Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : RUDRAKSHA FAMILY (रुद्राक्ष फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Elaeocarpaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Elaeocarpus gaussenii Weibel
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests
  • Comments / notes : Rare at about 1500m of Western Ghats. This species is known from the type collection at high wavys, Madurai district, Tamil Nadu (Blasco 1677, K)
  • Flower, Fruit : February-April
  • Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy, Ravichandran and Navendu Page
  • Collection Date : 02/01/2017
  • Collection Nos : HJCB-839
  • Distribution :
    • Tamil Nadu : Madurai district, Theni district
  • Endemism : Megamalai Hills, Tamil Nadu
  • World Distribution : India
  • Conservation Status : Critically Endangered (CR)
  • Literature :
    • Zmarzty, S. 2001. Revision of Ealeocarpus (Ealeocarpaceae) Sec. Ealeocarpus in Southern India and Sri Lanka. Kew Bul. Vol. 56: 2. pp. 405-447
    • Ravichandran, V. 2016. Taxonomic and Phytogeographical investigation on endemic plants of Western Ghats with special reference to Megamalai Wildlife Sanctuary of Tamil Nadu (Ph.D. thesis work)
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Elaeocarpus gaussenii. Downloaded on 5 October 2024.

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