Ailanthus triphysa (Dennst.) Alston
synonym | Adenanthera triphysa Dennst. |
synonym | Ailanthus fauveliana (Pierre) Pierre |
synonym | Ailanthus imberbiflora F. Muell. |
synonym | Ailanthus kurzii Prain |
synonym | Ailanthus malabarica DC. |
synonym | Ailanthus philippinensis Merrill |
synonym | Hebonga mollis Radlk. |
synonym | Hebonga obliqua Radlk. |
synonym | Hebonga siamensis Radlk. |
synonym | Pongelion fauvelianum Pierre |
synonym | Pongelion imberbiflorum (F. Muell.) Pierre |
synonym | Pongelion malabaricum (DC.) Pierre |
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Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Habit
Tall trees up to 15 m tall.
Trunk\bark
Bark greyish, lenticellate; blaze yellow with red speckles.
Branchlets
Young branchlets terete, with scars of fallen leaves; apical bud tomentose.
Leaves
Leaves compound, imparipinnate, alternate, spiral, crowded towards twig ends, to 1 m long; rachis pulvinate, subterete, glabrous; petiolule 0.3-0.7 cm long, glabrous; leaflets 11-21, alternate or suboppoiste, increasing size towards apex, 5-14 x 3-5 cm, elliptic-oblong to oblong-lanceolate, apex acute or acuminate, base asymetric, margin entire and revolute, glaucous, tomentose beneath when young, later glabrous; midrib raised above; secondary nerves 8-16 pairs, glands present at the fork near margin; tertiary nerves broadly reticulate.
Flowers
Inflorescence terminal or axillary, branched panicles, drooping; flowers small, polygamous, greenish-yellow; pedicel ca. 0.2 cm long.
Fruit& seed
Samara, with large membranouos wings; seed one, pendulous.
Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Global Distribution
Indo-Malesia and Australia
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
System of Medicines Used In
System Of Medicines Used In
Folk medicine
Attributions | FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=86 |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=86
- Adenanthera triphysa Dennst., Schluss. Hort. Malab. 15, 18, 32. 1818.
- Ailanthus malabarica DC., Prodr. 2: 89. 1825; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 158. 1875; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 163(116). 1915.
- Ailanthus triphysa (Dennst.) Alston in Trimen, Handb. Fl. Ceylon 6 (Suppl.) 41:1931; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 61. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 106. 1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 86. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 113. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 105. 1994; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 86. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 55. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 128. 1997; R.K. Basak in Hajra et al., Fl. India 4: 413. 1997; E. Vajr. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 618. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 161. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 200. 2009.
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983; Matthew, 1983, Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002, Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=86
- Adenanthera triphysa Dennst., Schluss. Hort. Malab. 15, 18, 32. 1818.
- Ailanthus malabarica DC., Prodr. 2: 89. 1825; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 158. 1875; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 163(116). 1915.
- Ailanthus triphysa (Dennst.) Alston in Trimen, Handb. Fl. Ceylon 6 (Suppl.) 41:1931; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 61. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 106. 1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 86. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 113. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 105. 1994; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 86. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 55. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 128. 1997; R.K. Basak in Hajra et al., Fl. India 4: 413. 1997; E. Vajr. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 618. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 161. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 200. 2009.
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983; Matthew, 1983, Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002, Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Order | Sapindales |
Family | Simaroubaceae |
Genus | Ailanthus |
Species | Ailanthus triphysa (Dennst.) Alston |