About Wild Aphania
Lepisanthes tetraphylla is a tree of India and Sri Lanka and other South Asian countries.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Lepisanthes tetraphylla
- Genus
- Lepisanthes
- Family
- SAPINDACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Semi-evergreen and Evergreen forests; in sacred groves
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China, Thailand, Vietnam, Malay peninsula, Cambodia, Martinique, Africa
- Flowering & fruiting
- November-May
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Tamil
- Nekota, Karadipongan, Masamathi
- Telugu
- Korivi, Boddamaamidi, Ekkudubusi
- Malayalam
- കുളപ്പുന്ന
- Marathi
- Kurpa, कुरपा
Botanical family
Sapindaceae
Soapberry/Lychee family
Wild Aphania belongs to the Sapindaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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