About The 'Potato' Plum of Mysore
Scolopia crenata, known commonly as potato plum of Mysore, is a subcanopy tree found in tropical evergreen to semi-evergreen forests of Indo-Malaysia and the Western Ghats, up to 1800 m.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Scolopia crenata
- Genus
- Scolopia
- Family
- FLACOURTIACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests, also at the border of sholas
- Distribution
- Indo-Malesia
- Flowering & fruiting
- April-December
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Kannada
- Kodali Mara, Japle, Malekakkade
- Malayalam
- Mullaramaram, മുള്ളുകാര
Botanical family
Flacourtiaceae
Flacourtia Family
The 'Potato' Plum of Mysore belongs to the Flacourtiaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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