Melodorum macranthum Kurz.

 
  • Family : ANNONACEAE
    (Custard Apple Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : SITAPHAL FAMILY (सीताफल फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Annonaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Fissistigma macranthum (Kurz) Merr.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Goniothalamus macranthus (Kurz) Boerl.
  • Common name : Large-Flowered Goniothalamus
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Occasionally found in evergreen forests
  • Key identification features : A straight-stemmed tree (25-30 x 13-3), with a greyish-brown discoloured bark, cat brownish, stringy, faintly streaked. Leaves 6-10 in. long, 2-4 in, broad, oblong-elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, shortly acuminate, glabrous, lateral nerves weak; petioles strong, 0.5-0.75 in. long. Flowers greenish, in fascicles of 1-3 on the branchlets below the leaves; outer petals linear-lanceolate, up to 5 in. long, the inner 1-1.5 in. long. Fruit 1-1.5 in. long, oblong, whitish.
  • Flower, Fruit : June-March
  • Distribution :
    • West Bengal : West Bengal
    • Assam : Assam
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : North and Middle Andaman,South Andaman
  • Native : Andaman Is., Myanmar
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • Endemism : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  • Literature :
    • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 76
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Melodorum macranthum. Downloaded on 7 October 2024.

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