About Atuna indica
Atuna indica is a species of flowering plant in the family Chrysobalanaceae. It is endemic to the Nilgiri Hills of Tamil Nadu in southern India. It has been recorded only twice from a small area in the north-west of the Nilgiris, where it grows in submontane evergreen forest. The species was first described as Entosiphon indicum by Richard Henry Beddome in 1864. In 1969 André Joseph Guillaume Henri Kostermans placed the species in genus Atuna as A. indica.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Atuna indica
- Genus
- Atuna
- Family
- CHRYSOBALANACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Evergreen forests
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-January
- Conservation status
- Endangered (EN)
Local Names
- Malayalam
- കല്ലൻകായ്മരം
Chrysobalanaceae
Paradise Plum Family
Atuna indica belongs to the Chrysobalanaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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