Madhuca insignis (Radlk.) H.J. Lam

 
  • Family : SAPOTACEAE
    (Sapodilla Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : CHIKOO FAMILY (चीकू फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Sapotaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Madhuca insignis (Radlk.) H.J.Lam
  • Habit : Tree
  • Comments / notes : A riparian species. Seeds are recalcitrant with a good percentage of germination in the month of may on the river bed. Most seedlings thus produced gets washed off in the flood during monsoon.
  • Key identification features : Large trees with stout branchlets. Corolla yellowish-brown with dense gloden-yellow hairs outside. Stamens 20, long reddish, in two series attached to the throat of the corolla tube. Seeds convexly flattened, fusiform with short obliquely truncate ends, smooth.
  • Flower, Fruit : February-May
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Dakshina Kannada district, Udupi district
  • Native : India
  • Endemism : Western Ghats
  • Conservation Status : Critically Endangered (CR)
  • Literature :
    • Flora of Karnataka, Saldanha, 1984
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
    • Krishna kumar et al, 2004- Phytomorphology 54(3&4).
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Madhuca insignis. Downloaded on 8 December 2024.

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