Micromelum pubescens Blume

 
  • Family : RUTACEAE
    (Rue Or Citrus Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : NIMBU FAMILY (नींबू फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Rutaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Micromelum minutum (G.Forst.) Wight & Arn.; Aulacia falcata Lour.; Aulacia falcifolia Stokes; Bergera villosa Wall.; Cookia falcata (Lour.) DC.; Cookia punctata Hassk.; Glycosmis subvelutina F.Muell.; Limonia minuta G.Forst.; Micromelum falcatum (Lour.) Tanaka; Micromelum glabrescens Benth.; Micromelum octandrum Turcz.; Micromelum pubescens var. glabrescens (Benth.) Oliv.; Micromelum timoriense Zipp. ex Span.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Unresolved name
  • Common name : The Sea Island Apple Berry
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Often found along streams
  • Comments / notes : Wood yellow -white, hard and rather heavy
  • Key identification features : A small evergreen tree with a light-colored rough bark. Flowers whitish, numerous, in terminal flat panicles, strongly but not sweetly scented; stamens 10. Berry glabrous, Orange red when ripe.
  • Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, Kurnool district
    • Odisha : Ganjam district
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : North and Middle Andaman,Ritchie\'s Archipelago taluk (Havelock Island),South Andaman,Port Blair taluk
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Burma and Malacca
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1
    • Sudhakar Reddy, C et al., 2009. Tree Wealth of Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India
    • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 110
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Micromelum pubescens. Downloaded on 16 October 2024.

India Distribution

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