About Alphonsea sclerocarpa
Alphonsea lutea is a species of flowering plant in the Annonaceae family. It is a shrub or tree native to southern and eastern India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka. It is known by several local names, including Pulusu mamidi in Telugu and തുട്ട in Malayalam. It grows in tropical moist lowland forests. The species was first described as Uvaria lutea by William Roxburgh in 1795. In 1855 Joseph Dalton Hooker and Thomas Thomson placed the species in genus Alphonsea as A. lutea.
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Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Alphonsea sclerocarpa
- Genus
- Alphonsea
- Family
- ANNONACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Dry evergreen and deciduous forests and also in sacred groves and Sholas above 1100m
- Distribution
- India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka
- Flowering & fruiting
- February-September
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Malayalam
- Thutta, തുട്ട, Alphonsea sclerocarpa
Annonaceae
Custard apple family
Alphonsea sclerocarpa belongs to the Annonaceae family.
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