How to identify Kallankaimaram
Identify Kallankaimaram by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a tree habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Found in Travancore forests.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: February-May.
- Confirm it sits within the Chrysobalanaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Kallankaimaram.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Atuna travancorica
- Genus
- Atuna
- Family
- Chrysobalanaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Flowering & fruiting
- February-May
- Conservation status
- Endangered (EN)
Local Names
- Malayalam
- Kallankaimaram, കല്ലൻകായമരം, Atuna travancorica
About Kallankaimaram
A member of the Chrysobalanaceae family, Atuna travancorica is a tree. It grows in evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from February to May.
Botanical family
Chrysobalanaceae
Paradise Plum Family
Kallankaimaram belongs to the Chrysobalanaceae family.
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