Homalium zeylanicum (Gardner) Benth.

 
  • Family : FLACOURTIACEAE
    (Flacourtia Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : CHILLA FAMILY (चिल्ला फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Salicaceae
  • Basionym : Blackwellia ceylanica Gardner
  • Synonym(s) : Blackwellia tetrandra Wight
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Unresolved name
  • Vernacular name :
    • Kala (Kannada)
    • Manthralamuki (Telugu)
    • Kaluvaluka, Manthalamukhi (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests, Tropical semi-evergreen forests
  • Comments / notes : Rare in Tropical semi-evergreen forests up to 850m.
  • Flower, Fruit : March-August
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Kambakkam Hills, Tirumala Hills (Chittoor district)
    • Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Hassan district, Uttara Kannada district, Shivamogga district, Dakshina Kannada district
    • Kerala : Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kollam district
    • Tamil Nadu : The Nilgiri district, Tiruvannamalai district, Vellore district
  • Native : India, Sri Lanka
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1
    • Sudhakar Reddy, C et al., 2009. Tree Wealth of Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India
    • Franklin Benjamin & G.V.S.Murthy, 2013. Flora of Sri Venkateswara National Park, Andhra Pradesh, BSI
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
    • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan District
    • Cecil J. Saldanha, S. R. Ramesh (1984). Flora of Karnataka State vol. 1. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi
    • Gowda, 2004 – Flora of Sringeri
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg District
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Homalium zeylanicum. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.

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