About Indian Milled-Leaf Tree
Poeciloneuron indica is a species of flowering plant in the family Calophyllaceae. It is a tree endemic to the Western Ghats of southwestern India. It is a large canopy tree, up to 30 metres tall, which grows in low- to medium-elevation rain forests from 300 to 1,200 metres elevation. It is locally abundant, and associated with Vateria indica, Otonephelium stipulaceum, Turpinia malabarica, and Melicope lunu-ankenda.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Poeciloneuron indicum
- Genus
- Poeciloneuron
- Family
- CLUSIACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Evergreen forests, also in sacred groves of the plains
- Native to
- India
- Flowering & fruiting
- December-June
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Tamil
- Vadinangu
- Kannada
- ಬಳಂಜಿ Balanji, ಬಳಿಗೆ Balige, ಬಲ್ಲಗಿ Ballagi
- Malayalam
- പൂതംകൊല്ലി Poothamkolli, വയില Vayila, Poothamkolli
Clusiaceae
Mangosteen/Garcinia family
Indian Milled-Leaf Tree belongs to the Clusiaceae family.
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