Gymnacranthera farquhariana (Hook.f. & Thomson) Warburg

 
  • Family : MYRISTICACEAE
    (Nutmeg Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : JATIPHALA FAMILY (जातिफल फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Myristicaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Gymnacranthera farquhariana (Hook.f. & Thomson) Warb.
  • Vernacular name :
    • Pindi (Kannada)
    • Udaipanu, Undappayin (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests, Freshwater swamp forests, Along banks of rivers of Western Ghats
  • Comments / notes : Crude candles made from the endosperm of the seeds.
  • Key identification features : Leaves large, glaucous beneath, bark brown, and trunk buttressed. Male flowers small yellow, in much branched axillary panicles. Female flowers larger. Fruit globose.
  • Flower, Fruit : March-August
  • Collection Nos : Beddome s.n. MH 44380, Beddome 44378
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Dakshina Kannada district
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
  • Native : India, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Malaya, Maluku, New Guinea, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand
  • World Distribution : Indo-Malaya
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Flora of Karnataka, Saldanha, 1984
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Gymnacranthera farquhariana. Downloaded on 14 December 2024.

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