About White Cedar
Dysoxylum malabaricum, or white cedar, is a species of tree endemic to the Western Ghats, India. The species is considered Endangered under the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Dysoxylum malabaricum
- Genus
- Dysoxylum
- Family
- MELIACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Evergreen forests
- Distribution
- India
- Flowering & fruiting
- February-June
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Malayalam
- വെള്ളകിൽ
Botanical family
Meliaceae
Mahogany/Neem family
White Cedar belongs to the Meliaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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