✿Flacourtiaceae · Casearia
Karikunnan
Casearia wynadensis
Treeoutdoor
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra
- Flowering
- January-October
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Casearia wynadensis
- Genus
- Casearia
- Family
- Flacourtiaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra
- Flowering & fruiting
- January-October
- Conservation status
- Vulnerable (VU)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Elliptic (widest at middle)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Karikunnan itself; the rest are typical of the Flacourtiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Typical of the Flacourtiaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- Karikunnan, കരിക്കുന്നൻ
About Karikunnan
A member of the Flacourtiaceae family, Casearia wynadensis is a tree. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Kerala and Maharashtra. It grows in evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from January to October.
Botanical family
Flacourtiaceae
Flacourtia Family
Karikunnan belongs to the Flacourtiaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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