About Otonephelium stipulaceum
Otonephelium stipulaceum is species of flowering plant in the family Sapindaceae, and the sole species in genus Otonephelium. It is a tree native to the Western Ghats of southwestern India. The genus is closely related to Litchi and Dimocarpus. It is a large mid-canopy tree up to 25 metres tall, which grows in low and medium-elevation rain forests from 400 to 1,200 metres elevation. It is locally abundant and often associated with Vateria indica, Turpinia malabarica, Melicope lunu-ankenda, and Poeciloneuron indicum.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Otonephelium stipulaceum
- Genus
- Otonephelium
- Family
- SAPINDACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India
- Flowering & fruiting
- February-July
- Conservation status
- Near Threatened (NT)
Local Names
- Malayalam
- Vattilapoovam, Poripoovam
Sapindaceae
Soapberry/Lychee family
Otonephelium stipulaceum belongs to the Sapindaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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