Elaeocarpus serratus L.

 
  • 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 serratus L.
  • Common name : Wild olive tree, Ceylon Olive
  • Vernacular name :
    • Beejadamara, Athakunge (Kannada)
    • Olankarai, Uttraccham, Saelamaram (Tamil)
    • Jolopari (Oria)
    • Rudraksha (Sanskrit)
    • Perinkara (Marathi)
    • Bhadraksham, Kara, Karmavu, Nallakara, Perinkara, Valiyakara (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests, Tropical semi-evergreen forests, also in the plain
  • Comments / notes : Leaves turn red before falling. Occasional in Shola up to 1200m., sometimes planted
  • Flower, Fruit : June-March
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Kodagu (Coorg) district, Uttara Kannada district
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Odisha : Cuttack district
    • Tamil Nadu : Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Shevaroy Hills (Salem district), Coimbatore district, Kanyakumari district, Madurai district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tirunelveli district
    • Uttarakhand : Nainital district
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
    • Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Elaeocarpus serratus. Downloaded on 4 October 2024.

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