Helicia robusta (Roxb.) R.Br. ex Blume

 
  • Family : PROTEACEAE
    (Protea Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : SILVER OAK FAMILY (सिल्वर ओक फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Proteaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Helicia robusta (Roxb.) R.Br. ex Blume
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests
  • Key identification features : Trees, up to 15 m high; branches spreading, glabrous; Leaves obovate- oblong or oblanceolate; Flowers in axillary, glabrous racemes, yellowish; Fruits obliquely globose.
  • Flower, Fruit : September-February
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Tirap
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Myanmar, Philippines, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Indo-Malesia
  • Literature :
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 346
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Helicia robusta. Downloaded on 14 December 2024.

Habitat

India Distribution

World Distribution

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