Artabotrys zeylanicus J. Hooker & Thoms.

 
  • Family : ANNONACEAE
    (Custard-Apple Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : SITAPHAL FAMILY (सीताफल फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Annonaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Artabotrys zeylanicus Hook.f. & Thomson
  • Vernacular name :
    • Manoranjini (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Climbing shrub
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests
  • Comments / notes : Frequent in evergreen, semi-everegreen forests of Western Ghats up to 1000m, also in plains
  • Flower, Fruit : September-June
  • Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha
  • Collection Nos : Talbot 747 (K), CJS 13135, CJS 14194, KFP 726
  • Collection Locality : Vanagur (Hassan)
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Davanagare district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Shivamogga district, Uttara Kannada district
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Tamil Nadu : The Nilgiri district
  • Native : India, Sri Lanka
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka
    • Flora of Karnataka, Saldanha, 1984
    • Balakrishna Gowda & A.N. Sringesh 2004 – Sringeri (checklist unpublished)
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state
    • Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
    • 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=Artabotrys zeylanicus. Downloaded on 14 December 2024.

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