✿Anacardiaceae · Nothopegia
Avukarum / Travancore Top-Fruit Tree
Nothopegia travancorica
Shruboutdoor
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka
- Flowering
- December-May
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Nothopegia travancorica
- Genus
- Nothopegia
- Family
- Anacardiaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Native to
- India
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka
- Flowering & fruiting
- December-May
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf arrangement
- AlternaterecordedOne leaf per node, arranged in a spiral or zigzag up the stem.“Small tree upto 5 m tall, Leaves are simple, alternate, and spirally arranged.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf type
- SimplerecordedA single, undivided leaf blade.“Small tree upto 5 m tall, Leaves are simple, alternate, and spirally arranged.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf shape
- EllipticrecordedWidest at the middle, tapering evenly at both ends.“Lamina 7–22 × 2–5 cm, elliptic-oblong to oblanceolate;” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- PubescentrecordedCovered in short, soft hairs.“Petiole 0.5–1.5 cm long, pubescent and canaliculate.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Avukarum itself; the rest are typical of the Anacardiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded“flowers white and polygamous.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Flower arrangement
- RacemerecordedIndividual stalked flowers arranged along a central stem, opening from bottom to top.“Inflorescences are axillary or extra-axillary racemes about 1 cm long;” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fruit type
- DruperecordedA fleshy fruit with a single hard stone/pit enclosing the seed.“Fruit a drupe, oblate, ribbed, glabrous, about 0.5 cm across, and 1-seeded.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Panicle
- Fruit
- Drupe
Characters marked “recorded” are for Avukarum itself; the rest are typical of the Anacardiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- Avukarum
About Avukarum
A member of the Anacardiaceae family, Travancore Top-Fruit Tree (Nothopegia travancorica) is a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka. Flowering and fruiting run from December to May.
Botanical family
Anacardiaceae
Cashew family
Avukarum belongs to the Anacardiaceae family.
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