Polyalthia andamanica Kurz ex King

 
  • Family : ANNONACEAE
    (Custard Apple Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : SITAPHAL FAMILY (सीताफल फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Annonaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Guatteria jenkinsii Hook.f. & Thomson; Hubera jenkinsii (Hook.f. & Thomson) Chaowasku; Polyalthia agusanensis (Elmer) Merr.; Polyalthia cumingiana Merr.; Polyalthia hancei (Pierre) Finet & Gagnep.; Polyalthia havilandii Boerl.; Polyalthia jenkinsii (Hook.f. & Thomson) Hook.f. & Thomson; Polyalthia jenkinsii var. hancei (Pierre) Bân; Unona agusanensis Elmer; Unona hancei Pierre; Uvaria canangioides Rchb.f. & Zoll. ex Miq.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Huberantha jenkinsii (Hook.f. & Thomson) Chaowasku
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests
  • Key identification features : A shrub. Leaves 6-9 in. long. 11-8 in. broad, oblong-elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, shortly acuminate, base acute, coriaceous, glabrous, dark green and glossy above; lateral nerves rather fine and interarching rather far from the edge; petioles 1 in. long. Flowers solitary or a few together, axillary or from the leaf scars; sepals and petals thick, incurved. Ripe carpels 6-8 together, cylindric, 1 in. long.
  • Flower, Fruit : December-February
  • Distribution :
    • Assam : Assam
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : North and Middle Andaman,Ritchie\'s Archipelago taluk (Havelock Island)
  • Native : India, Bangladesh, Borneo, Hainan, Malaya, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam
  • 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=Polyalthia andamanica. Downloaded on 7 October 2024.

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