Heritiera papilio Bedd.

 
  • Family : STERCULIACEAE
    (Sterculia Or Cocoa Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : COCOA FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Malvaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Heritiera papilio Bedd.
  • Vernacular name :
    • Cholachadachi, Choklamaram (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests
  • Flower, Fruit : January-May
  • Collection Nos : KFP 6872, CJS 16026, CJS 16252
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Hassan district
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, The Nilgiri district, Tirunelveli district
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • Native : India
  • Endemism : Western Ghats
  • World Distribution : India, Bangladesh
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka
    • Cecil J. Saldanha, S. R. Ramesh (1984). Flora of Karnataka State vol. 1. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi
    • 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=Heritiera papilio. Downloaded on 14 October 2024.

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