Canopy trees in wet evergreen forests up to 1400 m.
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Chrysophyllum acuminatum Roxb., nom. illeg. |
| synonym | Chrysophyllum bancanum Miq. |
| synonym | Chrysophyllum dioicum Koord. & Valeton |
| synonym | Chrysophyllum javanicum Steud. |
| synonym | Chrysophyllum lanceolatum (Blume) A.DC., nom. illeg. |
| synonym | Chrysophyllum lanceolatum var. papuanum C.T.White |
| synonym | Chrysophyllum lanceolatum var. stellatocarpon P.Royen |
| synonym | Chrysophyllum pentagonum Hance |
| synonym | Chrysophyllum roxburghianum Speede, nom. superfl. |
| synonym | Chrysophyllum roxburghii var. papuanum C.T.White |
| synonym | Chrysophyllum sumatranum Miq. |
| synonym | Donella lanceolata (Blume) Aubrév. |
| synonym | Donella lanceolata var. malagassica Aubrév. |
| synonym | Donella roxburghii (G.Don) Pierre ex Lecomte |
| synonym | Lucuma lanceolata (Blume) Zipp. |
| synonym | Lucuma tomentosa Zipp., nom. nud. |
| synonym | Nycterisition lanceolatum Blume |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Summary
B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
| 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 |
Description
Habit: Tree
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| 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 |
Evergreen trees, to 30 m high, bark grey or pale brown, smooth, cracked vertically, inner bark fibrous; exudation milky; branches horizontal; young shoots densely ferruginous pubescent. Leaves simple, alternate, scattered, spreading distichously, estipulate; petiole 3-10 mm long, slender, pubescent; lamina 4-17 x 2-5 cm, elliptic, oblong, elliptic-oblong, oblong-lanceolate, base acute, apex acuminate or caudate-acuminate, margin entire, glabrous when mature, shiny, coriaceous; lateral nerves many, parallel, close, slender, looped near margin forming intramarginal nerve; intercostae reticulate. Flowers bisexual, green or greenish-white, in axillary fascicles, pedicels 3-5 mm long, pubescent; calyx lobes 5-6, sepals 2 x 1.5 mm, imbricate, concave, obtuse; corolla campanulate, lobes 5-6 tube, 0.7-1.2 mm long, 1 mm long, 1.5 mm wide, villous along margin, subacute; stamens 5-6, included; filaments subulate; anthers ovate; ovary densely hairy, 5-6 locular, superior, ovules one in each cell; style short, 1 mm long, glabrous; stigma blunt. Fruit a berry, globose, 3-5 cm across, yellowish-green; seeds brownish-yellow, subellipsoid, compressed, shiny.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Inflorescence insertion
Flowering branch
Leaf lower side
Fruit insertion
Leaf upper side
Petiole and leaf insertion
Habit
Trees up to 30 m tall.
Trunk\bark
Bark dark grey, with longitudinally arranged corky lenticels; blaze cream.
Branchlets
Young branchlets terete, rusty tomentose, later glabrous.
Exudates
Latex white, profuse.
Leaves
Leaves simple, alternate, distichous; petiole 0.5-0.8 cm long, canaliculate, pubescent when young, later glabrous; lamina 7-15 x 2-4 cm, narrow oblong to elliptic-oblong, apex caudate-acuminate with blunt tip, base slightly asymmetric and attenuate, margi
Flowers
Inflorescence axillary dense clusters; flowers white; pedicel 0.3-0.5 cm long.
Fruit& seed
Berry, globose 2.5-3.5 cm across, 5-6 locular; seeds 1, brown, shining, to 1.9 cm long.
B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
| 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 |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Ecology
Canopy trees in wet evergreen forests up to 1400 m.
B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
| 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 |
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Western Ghats & Eastern Ghats, Evergreen Forests
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| 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 |
No Data
📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Forested areas
Evergreen forests
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Description
Maharashtra: Kolhapur, Konkan
Karnataka: Coorg, Hassan, Mysore, N. Kanara, Shimoga, S. Kanara
Kerala: Idukki, Kollam, Malapuram, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur
Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore, Namakkal , Nilgiri
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| 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 |
Global Distribution
India: Assam, Karnataka
Local Distribution
Eastern Assam
Global Distribution
Tropical Asia
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Palakkad, Kollam, Idukki, Malappuram, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wayanad
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Tropical Asia; in the Western Ghats- South and Central Sahyadri.
B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
| 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 |
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
System of Medicines Used In
Folk medicine
Siddha
System Of Medicines Used In
Folk medicine, Siddha
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=5294
| Attributions | FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=5294 |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Information Listing
References
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987; Matthew 1983
- 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=5294
- Donella roxburghii (Don) Pierre ex Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 3: 897. 1930.
- Nycterisition lanceolatum Blume, Bijdr. 676. 1826.
- Chrysophyllum roxburghii G. Don, Gen. Hist. 4: 33. 1837-1838; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 535. 1882; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 758(533). 1921; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 265. 1990; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 201. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 33. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 264. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 187. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 394. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 226. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 178. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 494. 2009.
- Chrysophyllum lanceolatum (Blume) A. DC. in DC., Prodr. 8: 162. 1844, nom. illeg.; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 240. 1984; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 276. 1994.
Information Listing > References
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987; Matthew 1983
- 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=5294
- Donella roxburghii (Don) Pierre ex Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 3: 897. 1930.
- Nycterisition lanceolatum Blume, Bijdr. 676. 1826.
- Chrysophyllum roxburghii G. Don, Gen. Hist. 4: 33. 1837-1838; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 535. 1882; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 758(533). 1921; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 265. 1990; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 201. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 33. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 264. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 187. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 394. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 226. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 178. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 494. 2009.
- Chrysophyllum lanceolatum (Blume) A. DC. in DC., Prodr. 8: 162. 1844, nom. illeg.; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 240. 1984; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 276. 1994.
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Equisetopsida C. Agardh |
| Order | Ericales Bercht. & J. Presl |
| Family | Sapotaceae |
| Genus | Chrysophyllum |
| Species | Chrysophyllum roxburghii G.Don |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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