Mischocarpus sundaicus Blume

 
  • Family : SAPINDACEAE
    (Soapberry Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : REETHA FAMILY (रीठा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Sapindaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Cupania erythrorhachis Miq.; Cupania lessertiana Cambess.; Cupania mischocarpus Steud.; Cupania revoluta (Turcz.) S.Vidal; Mischocarpus lessertianus (Cambess.) Ridl.; Pedicellia sundaica (Blume) Pierre; Ratonia lessertiana (Cambess.) Hiern ex Vidal; Schleichera revoluta Turcz.; Schleichera trijuga Moritzi
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Mischocarpus sundaicus Blume
  • Habit : Tree
  • Key identification features : An evergreen tree 25-50 feet high. Leaves usually paripinnate; leaflets 2-3 pairs, lateral nerves 12-14, looping, with weaker intermediate ones, net venation fine. Flowers minute, in panicled racemes; petals none; stamens 8, glabrous. Capsule pear-shaped, sharply 3-angled.
  • Flower, Fruit : May-October
  • Distribution :
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : South Andaman,Dhani Khari
  • Native : Andaman Is., Assam, Borneo, Cambodia, China Southeast, Hainan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • Literature :
    • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 137
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Mischocarpus sundaicus. Downloaded on 16 October 2024.

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