✿Sabiaceae · Meliosma
Coghsa / Stiff-Leaved Meliosma
Meliosma simplicifolia subsp. pungens
Tree
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka
- Flowering
- April-December
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Meliosma simplicifolia subsp. pungens
- Genus
- Meliosma
- Family
- Sabiaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Shola and moist deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- India, Sri Lanka
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Sumatra, China
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka
- Flowering & fruiting
- April-December
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Sabiaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Panicle
- Fruit
- Drupe
Typical of the Sabiaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Hindi
- Coghsa
- Kannada
- ಕಲಾವಿ Kalaavi, ಷೆಂಬುವ Shembuva
- Malayalam
- Kallavi
About Coghsa
Stiff-leaved meliosma (Meliosma simplicifolia subsp. pungens) belongs to the Sabiaceae family, where it grows as a tree. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka. It grows in shola and moist deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from April to December.
Botanical family
Sabiaceae
Sabia Family
Coghsa belongs to the Sabiaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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