Miliusa gokhalaei Ratheesh, Sujanapal, Anil Kumar & Sivad.

 
  • Family : ANNONACEAE
    (Custard-Apple Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : SITAPHAL FAMILY (सीताफल फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Annonaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Not found in The Plant List
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests
  • Comments / notes : Elevation 520-1160 m.
  • Key identification features : Unequal rounded leaf bases; flowers sessile or shortly pedicellate; petals thick and fleshy
  • Flower, Fruit : September-February
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Kodagu (Coorg) district
    • Kerala : Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district
  • Native : India
  • Endemism : Southern Western Ghats
  • World Distribution : India
  • Conservation Status : Endangered (EN)
  • Literature :
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • M.K. Ratheesh Narayanan, P. Sujanapal, N. Anil Kumar, M. Sivadasan, Ahmed H. Alfarhan & Jacob Thomas (2012). Miliusa gokhalaei, a new species of Annonaceae from India with notes on interrelationships, population structure and conservation status. Phytotaxa 42: 26-34
    • Navendu Page (2017). Endemic woody plants of the Western Ghats.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Miliusa gokhalaei. Downloaded on 3 December 2024.

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