About Spindle Tree
Lophopetalum wightianum is a species of plant in the family Celastraceae. It is found in Brunei, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Lophopetalum wightianum
- Genus
- Lophopetalum
- Family
- CELASTRACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Evergreen forests and sacred groves
- Native to
- Indo-Malayan
- Distribution
- Indo-Malesia
- Flowering & fruiting
- November-July
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Local Names
- Hindi
- बनाती banati, balpale, banati
- Nepali
- बलपले balapale
- Tamil
- காருக்கா karukka, வெள்ள பலா vella pala, வெள்ளபோலம் vellapolam
- Kannada
- ಬಲ್ಪಾಲೆ balpaale, ಬೆಲ್ಪಾಲೆ Belpaale, ಬನಾಟೆ banaate
- Malayalam
- വെമ്പാല vembala, വെണ്കടവം venkatavam, വെങ്കൊട്ട venkotta
- Marathi
- बलफळे balphale, बनाती banati
Botanical family
Celastraceae
Staff-Tree Family
Spindle Tree belongs to the Celastraceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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