Knema attenuata (Wall. ex Hook.f. & Thomson) Warb.

 
  • Family : MYRISTICACEAE
    (Nutmeg Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : JATIPHALA FAMILY (जातिफल फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Myristicaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Myristica attenuata Wall. ex Hook.f. & Thomson; Palala attenuata (Wall. ex Hook.f. & Thomson) Kuntze; Knema attenuata var. latifrons Warb.; Myristica amygdalina J.Graham
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Knema attenuata (Wall. ex Hook.f. & Thomson) Warb.
  • Common name : Wild nutmeg
  • Vernacular name :
    • Kadu pinde, Rakta mara (Kannada) Choora pathiri, Kaatu jathikai (Tamil)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests
  • Comments / notes : Common throughout evergreen forests from Matheran to Kanyakumari. Elevation 400-1000 m.
  • Flower, Fruit : December-June
  • Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha
  • Collection Date : 18-07-1976
  • Collection Nos : CS 19042
  • Collection Locality : Parambikulam, Palakkad district (KL)
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Dummakonda RF (East Godavari district)
    • Karnataka : Dakshina Kannada district, Chikkamagaluru district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Shivamogga district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Maharashtra : Raigad district
  • Native : Bangladesh, India
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, India
  • Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
  • Literature :
    • Pullaiah, T. & Karuppusamy, S., 2008. Flora of Andhra Pradesh. Vol. 5
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Navendu Page (2017). Endemic woody plants of the Western Ghats
    • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan district
    • Cecil J. Saldanha, S. R. Ramesh (1984). Flora of Karnatka State vol. 1. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi
    • Gowda, 2004 – Flora of Sringeri district
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi district
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
    • N.P. Singh, P. Lakshminarasimhan, S. Karthikeyan & P. V. Prasanna (2001). Flora of Maharashtra state, Dicotyledones. Vol. 2.pp.821 Botanical survey of India, Govt. Of India.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Knema attenuata. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.

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