✿Celastraceae · Pleurostylia
Chiru Piyari / Panakka Tree
Pleurostylia opposita
Treeoutdoor
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh
- Flowering
- June-December
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Pleurostylia opposita
- Genus
- Pleurostylia
- Family
- Celastraceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Madagascar, Mauritius
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- June-December
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Glossy oval, opposite arrangementrecorded
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Chiru Piyari itself; the rest are typical of the Celastraceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Typical of the Celastraceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Tamil
- Chiru Piyari, Karuvaali, Karuvali
- Malayalam
- Karuvali, പനക്ക Panakka, കരുവാളി
About Chiru Piyari
Panakka Tree (Pleurostylia opposita) is a tree in the Celastraceae family. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. It grows in evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from June to December.
Botanical family
Celastraceae
Staff-Tree Family
Chiru Piyari belongs to the Celastraceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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