✿Hernandiaceaea · Gyrocarpus
Zaitun / Helicopter Tree
Gyrocarpus americanus
Also known as Catamaran Wood Tree
Tree
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Telangana & more
- Flowering
- October-April
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Gyrocarpus americanus
- Genus
- Gyrocarpus
- Family
- Hernandiaceaea
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Dry deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- Pantropical
- Distribution
- Pantropical
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, West Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
- Flowering & fruiting
- October-April
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- ज़ैतून Zaitun
- Tamil
- Chaivavatala, Tanakku, Kadavai, தனுக்குமரம்
- Kannada
- ತಣುಕು Tanuku, ಕಾಡುಬೆಂಡೆ Kadubende, Pollika
- Malayalam
- തണുക്ക്
About Zaitun
A member of the Hernandiaceaea family, Helicopter Tree (Gyrocarpus americanus) is a tree. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Telangana and 4 other states. It grows in dry deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from October to April.
Uses
In practice it is cut for timber and furniture.
Botanical family
Hernandiaceaea
Helicopter Tree Family
Zaitun belongs to the Hernandiaceaea family.
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