Hippocratea andamanica King

 
  • Family : CELASTRACEAE
    (Staff-Tree Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : MALKANGANI FAMILY (मालकांगनी फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Celastraceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Loeseneriella andamanica (King) H.B.Naithani & S.Biswas
  • Habit : Climber
  • Key identification features : A climber. Leaves oblong to elliptic, acute or obtusely cuspidate, base cuneate, entire, glabrous, with 5-7 pairs of ascending lateral nerves. Flowers rather small, in axillary and terminal panicles
  • Distribution :
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : South Andaman,Port Mout
  • Native : Andaman Is.
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • Literature :
    • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 128
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Hippocratea andamanica. Downloaded on 16 October 2024.

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