- Family : FLACOURTIACEAE
(Flacourtia Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : CHILLA FAMILY (चिल्ला फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Salicaceae
- Basionym : Stigmarota jangomas Lour.
- Synonym(s) : Flacourtia cataphracta Roxb. ex Willd.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Flacourtia jangomas (Lour.) Raeusch.
- Common name : Puneala plum
- Vernacular name :
- Painialah, Paniaonla (Hindi)
- Kuragari, Tilisa patram, Talis patram, Pulivelaga (Telugu)
- Baincho, Baincha (Oria)
- Shamper (Kannada)
- Vayankatu cheralu, Mullumukanchi (Tamil)
- Loika, Lavalolikka, Luikka (Malayalam)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Tropical dry deciduous forests, Tropical evergreen forests
- Comments / notes : Rare in wild. Cultivated for edible fruits. Common in Pauri hills of Pallahara, Angul district between 600-900m and also in Gocha block in Nayagar districts of Odisha state.
- Key identification features : A small tree. Develop compound thorns at base up to middle age. Bark smooth dark brown
- Flower, Fruit : March-October
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Andhra Pradesh
- Kerala : Kerala
- Odisha : Odisha
- Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Kanyakumari district, Tirunelveli district
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Himachal Pradesh : Mandi district
- Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Hainan, India, Myanmar, Nepal
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Hainan, India, Myanmar, Nepal
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- Prakasa Rao, J et al (2015). Tree additions to the flora of East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, India. JoTT. 7 (12):7953-7957
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Flora of Himachal Pradesh. Volume 1, Botanical Survey of India, 1984. Pg.: 81-82
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Flacourtia jangomas. Downloaded on 6 February 2025.
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