- Family : FLACOURTIACEAE
(Flacourtia Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : CHILLA FAMILY (चिल्ला फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Salicaceae
- Basionym : Gmelina indica Burm.f.
- Synonym(s) : Flacourtia ramontchi L'Hér.; Flacourtia sepiaria Roxb.; Flacourtia sapida Roxb.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Flacourtia indica (Burm. f.) Merr.
- Common name : Governer's Plum, Madagascar Plum, Batoko palm
- Vernacular name :
- Katahi, Bilangoa, Kanjubainch (Hindi)
- Mulluthare, Miradi (Kannada)
- Kodikkarai, Katukalai, Sottaikalai, Kodumundi (Tamil)
- Kanregu, Putikatada, Kuragayi (Telugu)
- Baincho, Sanobainchi, Kontadhwara, Mamuri, Balibaincho, Kontaikuli (Oria)
- Aghori, Vikankata, Kanchu, Bilangra (Sanskrit)
- Girgot, Kakai, Anthrun, Bhenkal, Panavla, Galgughar (Marathi)
- Aghori, Cherumullikkachedi, Karkkadappazham, Karimulli, Kattukara, Oushadakkara, Ramontchi, Mullikkachedi, Vayankkaitha (Malayalam)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Found on the Ridges as well as on the arid, hilly tracts
- Comments / notes : Common in wet deciduous forests between 500-1000m. Fruit is used in the treatment of jaundice and enlarged spleen, also a table fruit. Bark is astringent and diuretic.
- Key identification features : Densely foliaceous, evergreen, stiff, sout shrub to small tree, with arching branches. New shoots with elongate thorns and coppery foliage. Fruit persistent, red when ripe
- Flower, Fruit : December-August
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Chittoor district, Kadapa district, East Godavari district, Guntur district, Krishna district, Kurnool district, Nellore district, Prakasam district, Srikakulam district, Vishakapatnam district, Vizianagaram district, West Godavari district
- Telangana : Nalgonda district, Khammam district, Mehboobnagar district
- Karnataka : Ballari district, Kolar district, Chamarajanagar district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : All disricts of Maharashtra
- Odisha : All district of Odisha
- Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
- Haryana : Gurgaon district
- Native : Ethiopia to S. Africa, Hainan to Tropical Asia
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Paleotropics, Madagascar to Indo-Malesia
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1
- J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- Franklin Benjamin & G.V.S.Murthy, 2013. Flora of Sri Venkateswara National Park, Andhra Pradesh, BSI
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
- N.P. Singh, P. Lakshminarasimhan, S. Karthikeyan & P. V. Prasanna (2001). Flora of Maharashtra state, Dicotyledones. Vol. 2. Botanical survey of India, Govt. India.
- Maheshwari K.J (1963). Flora of Delhi: 67
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Flacourtia indica. Downloaded on 30 April 2024.
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