- Family : CELASTRACEAE
(Staff-Tree Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : MALKANGANI FAMILY (मालकांगनी फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Celastraceae
- Basionym : Celastrus opposita Wall.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Pleurostylia opposita (Wall.) Alston
- Vernacular name :
- Siru piyari, Karuvaali (Tamil)
- Karuvali (Malayalam)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests
- Comments / notes : Occasional on foothills to 1400m in a range of habitats, from full sun-exposed slopes to the interior of sholas.
- Flower, Fruit : June-December
- Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh, Raja K.Swamy, Rajasri Ray; Raja K. Swamy, Arun Singh, K. Sankara Rao
- Collection Date : 12-09-2014, 26-10-2014
- Collection Nos : HJCB-0023; HJCB-0113
- Collection Locality : Alangayam R.F., Jawadhu Hills (TN); Talakona Rf, Chittoor district (AP)
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Nellore district, East Godavari district, Vishakapatnam district, Kadapa district
- Kerala : Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Tamil Nadu : Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district), Javadu Hills (Tiruvannamalai district), Coimbatore district, Dharmapuri district, The Nilgiri district, Villipuram district, Cuddalore district, Tiruchirapalli district, Vellore district
- World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Madagascar, Mauritius
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1
- 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.
- Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Pleurostylia opposita. Downloaded on 8 December 2024.
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