Gyrocarpus americanus Jacq., Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist. 282 1763. (Syn: Gyrocarpus asiaticus Willd.; Gyrocarpus jacquini Gardner 1791);
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Common name: Helicopter Tree, Whirly Whirly Tree Burl, Stinkwood, Shitwood • Hindi: ज़ैतून Zaitun • Kannada: kadubende, pollika, kaadu bende • Tamil: Chaivavatala, Tanakku, Kadavai • Telugu: Tanuku, Nallaponaku, Kumaara ponaku ;
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Tree for Id- 060709Jm – indiantreepix | Google Groups: 9 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (3)
On 21/6/09 in Keesaraguda, near Hyderabad, AP.



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Elagiri hills- Tamilnadu; Elevation : 1500 m
Habitat : Rocky mountain

This is Gyrocarpus americanus (Sapling)


Yes, this is a sapling of Gyrocarpus asiaticus Willd. (syn: Gyrocarpus americanus) of Hernandiaceae.
Tamil Name: Thannaku
This family is represented by one single species in Tamil Nadu.


Gyrocarpus americanus indeed


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Sharing the images of Gyrocarpus americanus: Sharing the images of Gyrocarpus americanus from NBNP, Anaikatti, Coimbatore.


This is most common here in deciduous forests of the Western Ghats.


 


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Bheemeshwari, Karnataka – RA – Gyrocarpus Americanus – Helicopter Tree: (8 pictures)
Helicopter Tree is a slender, deciduous tree, with smooth, grey bark, often bleaching to a silvery-white on the sunny side.
Leaves are spirally arranged, crowded near the ends of branches, up to 15 × 12 cm. Leaves are ovate, often more or less deeply 3-lobed, dark green above, paler greyish below, finely velvety on both surfaces, markedly 3-veined from the base. Veins are yellowish; stalk up to 9 cm long. 
Flowers arise in compact heads, yellowish-green, with an unpleasant smell. 
Fruit a woody nut with 2 long thin wings, aiding wind dispersal. It is this winged, flying nut that gave the tree its various common names.

Beautiful Shots …


 


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Tree for Id : 18102013 : RV 3 : Attachments (4 + 1).  7 posts by 6 authors.
Request to identify this tree, found it in wild in Hampi area in Karnataka……. picture taken few days back. (18.10.13)


It could be Gyrocarpus americanus, The helicopter tree. Do not know the reason for the silvery trunk which is usually on one side only, maybe to prevent heat absorption


Yes, rightly IDd by … I made a quick visit to Hampi on the leads given by … and found many trees in full bloom.


On searching I found that this unusual plant belongs to the family Hernandiaceae.


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Tree for ID – Srisailam Forest – 04022014-NAW3 : 9 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (4).
Kindly identify this tree photographed in the Srisailam Tiger/ Wildlife Reserve and near Siddhavattam, Andhra Pradesh on the 1st and 2nd Feb 2014.
Tree mostly leafless, budding and flowering at branch terminals at this time. silvery bark, about 7-10 metres tall, branches curving upwards


Can this be Gyrocarpus americanus? (Helicopter tree)


Give more details about the inflorescence…A species of Sapium of Euphorbiaceae?..


This tree is Gyrocarpus americanus Jacq. (Hernandiaceae)


Thank you all for the identification.
i guess one needs to smell the flowers to confirm that this is the shitwood tree. i would like to time a visit to Srisailam so that i might get an opportunity to check its winged helicopter seeds.

This is Gyrocarpus americanus Jacq /Syn. G.asiaticus  the helicopter tree of Hernandiaceae ; very common in A.P


It is Gyrocarpus americanus


 


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Tree For ID : Nasik : 070514 : AK-13 : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2).
A young tree, planted by the same nature lover in Nasik.
Seed was brought from Andaman.
Hoping our Andaman expert, …, can identify it.

It is the sapling of Gyrocarpus americanus (Hernandiaceae)


Great! Many thanks for the id. Is it found in India?

Although it matches images on Google search. Somehow, the leaves in FOI look different. Here is the link.


Leaves quite variable in the saplings and matured tree. It is a tree of dry deciduous forest and foothills. 



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Id please 4 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (3)
Place: Hyderabad
date: 03.2018
Please identify the tree


Gyrocarpus americanus
Hernandiaceae family member



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ID/2020/July/MS /4 – ID of the tree Gyrocarpus sps : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (6)
Please ID the tree. Photographs received from Chennai.


It looks like Gyrocarpus americanus.


Yes, Gyrocarpus americanus



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Humpi, Karnataka Date : 29 Dec 2009; Emailing: DSC06395 – efloraofindia | Google Groups

Please help in ID-
Medium sized tree
Height-25 feet ( appx)
Area- Srisailam, Andhra Pradesh
Photographed- November 2020 on a hill slope
No fruiting of flowering observed at that time.

Could be Ficus sp.


Gyrocarpus americanus Only


Ma’am, if you don’t mind, Can I know you’re from, and whatever you have doubted from Nallamalis let me know, because I was worked there one and half year rapid assessment on flora,



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