Photinia nussia (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Kalkman

 
  • Family : ROSACEAE
    (Rose Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GULAB FAMILY (गुलाब फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Rosaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Crataegus glauca Wall. ex G.Don; Eriobotrya ambigua Merr.; Eriobotrya oblongifolia Merr. & Rolfe; Photinia harmandii Cardot; Photinia nussia (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Kalkman; Stranvaesia glauca (Wall. ex G.Don) Baill.; Stranvaesia glaucescens Lindl.; Stranvaesia harmandii (Cardot) J.E.Vidal
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Stranvaesia nussia (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Decne.
  • Habit : Shrub or small tree
  • Habitat : Degraded areas and open subtropical to warm temperate mixed hill forests with Schima, Shorea, Engelhardia, Lauraceae and Quercus; 500 - 2800 m. altitude
  • Comments / notes : Sometimes confused with the morphologically similar Cotoneaster frigidus Wall. ex Lindl. which differs in having 2 styles and narrower, less leathery and less shiny leaves.
  • Flower, Fruit : April-January
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
  • Native : China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand, Tibet, West Himalaya
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Nepal to China (Yunnan) and Indo-China, Philippines
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 119
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Photinia nussia. Downloaded on 7 December 2024.

India Distribution

World Distribution

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