Kala / Ceylon Homalium
Homalium zeylanicum
Also known as Kalladamba, Liyan, Mukki
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Karnataka
- Flowering
- March-August
How to identify Kala
Identify Kala by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a tree habit.
- Confirm leaf shape: Elliptic (widest at middle).
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: March-August.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka.
- Confirm it sits within the Flacourtiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Kala.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Homalium zeylanicum
- Genus
- Homalium
- Family
- Flacourtiaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- India, Sri Lanka
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Karnataka
- Flowering & fruiting
- March-August
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Elliptic (widest at middle)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kala 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
- Kannada
- hulikaddi mara, ಕಾಲ kala, ಕಳಮಟ್ಟಿಗ kalamattiga
- Malayalam
- കലവാരം kalavaram, കല്ലടമ്പ kalladamba, കലുവാലുക kaluvaluka, മാന്തലമുക്കി manthalamukki
- Marathi
- होमाली homali
- Telugu
- Manthralamukhi
- Mizo
- Thinglung
About Kala
A member of the Flacourtiaceae family, Ceylon Homalium (Homalium zeylanicum) is a tree. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka. It grows in evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from March to August.
Flacourtiaceae
Flacourtia Family
Kala belongs to the Flacourtiaceae family.
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