About Helicia nilagirica
Helicia nilagirica is a tree of the Proteaceae family. It grows from Thailand across Mainland Southeast Asia to Yunnan, Zhōngguó/China and over to Nepal. It is a source of wood (including firewood), a pioneer reafforestation taxa, and an ethnomedicinal plant.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Helicia nilagirica
- Genus
- Helicia
- Family
- PROTEACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Along river banks in semi-evergreen and Evergreen forests
- Native to
- India
- Flowering & fruiting
- June-July
- Conservation status
- Data Deficient (DD)
Botanical family
Proteaceae
Protea/Grevillea family
Helicia nilagirica belongs to the Proteaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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