Orophea hexandra Blume

 
  • Family : ANNONACEAE
    (Custard-Apple Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : SITAPHAL FAMILY (सीताफल फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Annonaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Bocagea hexandra (Blume) Blume; Bocagea javensis Spreng.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Orophea hexandra Blume
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Often found gowing in evergreen forest near streams
  • Comments / notes : Usually having moss and lichens on the branchlets
  • Key identification features : A small tree (15–25 x 1-2) with blackish branchlets. Leaves 6 in. long, 1-4 in. broad, ovate to elliptic or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, base rounded, glabrous, and glossy above, with hairs on the midrib and nerves beneath; lateral nerves 7-9 pairs. Flowers about in. long, greenish-white, outer petals ovate-cordate, inner trapezoid with a long claw, vaulted and cohering; stamens 6. Ripe carpels 1-1 in. long, oblong and pointed, nearly serial.
  • Flower, Fruit : January-April
  • Distribution :
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : North and Middle Andaman,Ritchie\'s Archipelago taluk (Havelock Island)
  • Native : Andaman Is., Jawa, Nicobar Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • Literature :
    • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 75
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Orophea hexandra. Downloaded on 4 October 2024.

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