Miliusa roxburghiana Hook.f. & Thomson

 
  • Family : ANNONACEAE
    (Custard Apple Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : SITAPHAL FAMILY (सीताफल फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Annonaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Guatteria globosa A.DC.; Miliusa dolichantha Craib; Miliusa globosa (A.DC.) Panigrahi & S.C.Mishra; Miliusa roxburghiana Hook.f. & Thomson; Miliusa wallichiana Hook.f. & Thomson; Phaeanthus dioicus (Roxb.) Kurz; Uvaria dioeca Roxb.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Miliusa dioeca (Roxb.) Chaowasku & Kessler
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests
  • Key identification features : Tree upto 10 m high; Leaves ovate-lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate; Flowers in axillary cymes, white or reddish; Ripe carpels globose, black.
  • Flower, Fruit : March- December.
  • Distribution :
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang district, Dibang Valley district, West Kameng district, East Kameng district, Siang district, Subansiri district
    • Assam : Assam
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman Islands
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal
  • Literature :
    • Herbarium collected by Patanjali Bhartiya Ayurvigyan AvUm Anusandhan Sansthan, Haridwar, Uttarkhand
    • Deb, D.B. (1981-1983) The Flora of Tripura State. Vols. 2, Today and Tomorrow's Printers and Publishers, New Delhi
    • P.K . Hajra ., D.M. Verma and G.S. Giri (1996). Materials For The Flora Of Arunachal Pradesh , Vol (1), Pg : 123
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Miliusa roxburghiana. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.

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