✿Elaeocarpaceae · Elaeocarpus
Bike / South Indian Marble Tree
Elaeocarpus variabilis
Treeoutdoor
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- May-October
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Elaeocarpus variabilis
- Genus
- Elaeocarpus
- Family
- Elaeocarpaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous and Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Kerala
- Flowering & fruiting
- May-October
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf margin
- Entire (smooth edge)recorded
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Bike itself; the rest are typical of the Elaeocarpaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Fruit
- Drupe
Typical of the Elaeocarpaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Kannada
- bike, bikki, hanaltadi
- Malayalam
- kattakara, malamkara, malankara
- Marathi
- kasa
About Bike
A member of the Elaeocarpaceae family, South Indian Marble Tree (Elaeocarpus variabilis) is a tree. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra and 2 other states. It grows in moist deciduous and Evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from May to October.
Botanical family
Elaeocarpaceae
Olivnut Family
Bike belongs to the Elaeocarpaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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