Pittosporum neelgherrense Wight & Arn.

 
  • Family : PITTOSPORACEAE
    (Pittosporum Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : AGNI FAMILY (अग्नि फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Pittosporaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Pittosporum neelgherrense Wight & Arn.
  • Vernacular name :
    • Kuhi-mavu (Kannada)
    • Analivenga (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests, shola, along streams
  • Comments / notes : Occasional semi-evergreen to evergreen forests in higher elevations
  • Flower, Fruit : January-June
  • Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh, Karuppusamy, Tilakar M; R. Raghavendra Rao
  • Collection Date : 17-06-2014, 10-02-1972
  • Collection Nos : HJCB-E-20; R.R. Rao 1805
  • Collection Locality : Sirumalai Hills, Dindigal district (TN); Devakeri, near Bedguli, B.R. Hills, Chamarajanagar district (KA)
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Chamarajanagar district, Mysuru district, Chikkamagaluru district, Bengaluru district (FRLHT Campus)
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Tamil Nadu : Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district), Coimbatore district, Kanyakumari district, Madurai district, Ramanathapuram district, Salem district, Tirunelveli district
  • Native : India
  • Endemism : South India
  • World Distribution : India
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Parthsarathy, N & Pragasan , A L 2009. Check List 5(3):542-569
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1
    • Cecil J. Saldanha, S. R. Ramesh (1984). Flora of Karnataka State vol. 1. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Pittosporum neelgherrense. Downloaded on 2 November 2024.

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