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Aglaia perviridis
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Family:
MELIACEAE
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Citation: Aglaia perviridis Hiern in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 556. 1875; Pannell, Kew Bull. Addl. ser. 16, 198.1992; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 91. 1996; S.S. Jain & S.S.R. Bennet in Hajra et al., Fl. India 4: 473.1997; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 58. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 58. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 55. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 116. 2005.
Aglaia maiae Bourd., Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 12: 350. t.11. 1899; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 180(129). 1915; S.S. Jain & S.S.R. Bennet in Hajra et al., Fl. India 4: 473.1997; N.C. Nair & N.P. Balakr. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 643. 2005.
Aglaia canarensis Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 180(129).1915; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 109. 1984; N.C. Nair & N.P. Balakr. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 639. 2005.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Cheruchokla, Karakil
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Trees, to 25 m high; bark 5-6 mm thick, surface reddish-brown mottled with white, rough; branchlets covered with reddish-brown peltate scales. Leaves imparipinnate, alternate, estipulate; rachis 13-60 cm long, stout, slightly grooved above, swollen at base, covered with reddish-brown peltate scales; leaflets 7-13, opposite or subopposite; petiolule 6-12 mm long, stout, slightly grooved above, covered with peltate scales; lamina 10-23 x 2-6.2 cm, oblong, oblong-lanceolate or oblong-ovate or ovate-lanceolate, base oblique, apex acute or acuminate, margin entire, glabrous, scales on midrib only; lateral nerves 12-19 pairs, pinnate, slender, faint, intercostae reticulate, faint. Flowers polygamodioecious, yellowish, in lax axillary panicles; peduncle covered with scales; pedicel articulated with 3 small ovate, bracteoles; calyx cup-shaped; lobes 5, ovate, having fimbriate margin; petals 5, yellow, elliptical; staminal tube 1-2 mm long, narrower at the base below the insertion of the anthers, margin shallowly lobed; anthers 5, inserted near the base or about half way up the tube, included or just protruding through the aperture; ovary superior, 0.2-0.4 x 0.3-0.4 mm, depressed globose, 1-celled, ovule one; stigma ovoid. Fruit a berry, 2-3 x 1.5-1.7 cm, asymmetrically ellipsoid with one side flat or slightly concave, yellow or brown; pericarp thin, brittle, densely covered with scales; seed one, 2.7 x 1.5 cm, completely surrounded by aril.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-September
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Thrissur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia and China
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Yellow
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
Vulnerable (VU)
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Peechi, Sholayar, Rosemala, Koruthode, Sabarimala, Pezha, Mannarghat, Sabarimala
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