Elaeocarpus tuberculatus Roxb.

 
  • 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 tuberculatus Roxb.
  • Vernacular name :
    • Malampinnai, Ruthraksam (Tamil)
    • Rudraksha (Marathi)
    • Adraksham, Ammakkara, Karamaram, Kara, Kodavasi, Mukkanni, Naggara, Navati, Pilahi, Rudraksham, Thodayam, Vellathaanni (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests, Montane wet temperate forests, Shola
  • Comments / notes : At elevations 1000-1500m
  • Key identification features : Large tree with grey and white nottled bark; fruit ovoid, smooth, laterally compressed, side deeply tubercled, margins thickened.
  • Flower, Fruit : December-October
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Belagavi district, Chikkamagaluru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Uttara Kannada district, Bengaluru district
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Kanyakumari district, Madurai district, Tirunelveli district
  • Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, India, Jawa, Myanmar
  • World Distribution : Indo-Malesia
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka
    • Saldanha, 1984
    • Balakrishna Gowda & A.N. Sringesh 2004 – Sringeri (checklist unpublished)
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg district
    • 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 tuberculatus. Downloaded on 6 October 2024.

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