Neolamarckia cadamba (Roxb.) Bosser

 
  • Family : RUBIACEAE
    (Madder Or Coffee Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : COFFEE FAMILY (कॉफी फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Rubiaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Anthocephalus cadamba (Roxb.) Miq.; Anthocephalus morindifolius Korth.; Nauclea cadamba Roxb.; Nauclea megaphylla S.Moore; Neonauclea megaphylla (S.Moore) S.Moore; Samama cadamba (Roxb.) Kuntze; Sarcocephalus cadamba (Roxb.) Kurz
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Neolamarckia cadamba (Roxb.) Bosser
  • Common name : Kadamb Tree
  • Vernacular name :
    • Kadambah (Sanskrit)
    • Kadamb (Hindi)
    • Kaduavalatige, Kadamba-vriksha (Kannada)
    • Aattuthekku, Kadaarvayura, Kadambari, Kadambu, Kadhamba-vriksham, Kattuchakka, Kodavara, Vellakadambu (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Along banks of rivers and streams in Tropical evergreen forests, also in the plains
  • Comments / notes : Rare, found growing in wet places
  • Key identification features : Horizontal branching tree, branch scars resemble shape of elephant's eye.
  • Flower, Fruit : April-September
  • Collector(s) Name : S.R.Ramesh, S.B.Manohar
  • Collection Date : 21/07/1979
  • Collection Nos : KFP 8425
  • Collection Locality : Mercara-Sampaje, Kodagu district
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Belagavi district, Chikkamagaluru district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Uttara Kannada district, Dakshina Kannada district
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Jharkhand :
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Delhi : Delhi
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Punjab : Punjab
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Sharma B.D, 1984 - Flora of Karnataka Analysis
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 185
    • Indigenous Plants at Biodiversity Park, Ranchi - Ranchi Afforestation Division, Forest and Environmental Department, Jharkhand
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Neolamarckia cadamba. Downloaded on 10 October 2024.

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