Pittosporum tetraspermum 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 tetraspermum Wight & Arn.
  • Vernacular name :
    • Kachappatta, Analivetham, Analivegam (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests, Shola, Tropical moist deciduous forests
  • Comments / notes : Rare in forests in above 1000m
  • Flower, Fruit : February-April
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district
    • Kerala : Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Madurai district, The Nilgiri district, Salem district, Tirunelveli district
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, China, Vietnam
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Sankar,R.V., R. Kottaimuthu & K. Ravikumar (2009). Additions to the flora of Sirumalai Hills, Eastern Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 1(7): 379-381
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Pittosporum tetraspermum. Downloaded on 9 October 2024.

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