Elaeodendron subrotundum King

 
  • Family : CELASTRACEAE
    (Staff-Tree Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : MALKANGANI FAMILY (मालकांगनी फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Celastraceae
  • Synonym(s) : Cassine viburnifolia (Juss.) Ding Hou; Euonymus viburnifolius (Juss.) Merr.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Elaeodendron viburnifolium (Juss.) Merr.
  • Comments / notes : Evidently rare
  • Key identification features : A tree 20 feet high. Leaves 2-3 in. long. Flowers numerous; petals broadly oblong, blunt and spreading. Fruit oblong-clavate, dark coloured and indehiscent
  • Distribution :
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Port Blair taluk
  • Native : Andaman Is., Borneo, Malaya, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • Literature :
    • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 127
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Elaeodendron subrotundum. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.

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