Melicope lunu-ankenda

Melicope lunu-ankenda (Gaertn.) T.G. Hartley, Sandakania 4: 61 61 1994. (Syn: Euodia arborea Elmer; Euodia arborescens D.D. Tao; Euodia aromatica Blume; Euodia concinna Ridl.; Euodia lucida (Miq.) Miq.; Euodia lunu-ankenda (Gaertn.) Merr.; Euodia lunu-ankenda var. tirunelvelica A.N. Henry & Chandrab.; Euodia marambong (Miq.) Miq.; Euodia obtusifolia Ridl.; Euodia punctata Merr.; Euodia roxburghiana (Cham.) Benth.; Euodia roxburghiana var. longipes Craib; Euodia triphylla var. pubescens Ridl.; Evodia lunu-ankenda (Gaertn.) Merr. (Unresolved); Fagara lunu-ankenda Gaertn. (Unresolved); Zanthoxylum aromaticum (Blume) Miq.; Zanthoxylum lucidum Miq.; Zanthoxylum marambong Miq.; Zanthoxylum roxburghianum Cham.);
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Indian Subcontinent to W. & Central Malesia: Andaman Is., Assam, Cambodia, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam as per POWO;
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commonly known as: matchbox tree, melicope • Kachari: মিডাউমা বিফাংগ midauma-baphang • Kannada: ಬೆಂಕಿಪೆಟ್ಟಿ ಗಿಡ benkipettige gida, ಕಾಬಾಳೆ kaabaale, ಮುಗಳಿ mugali, ಮುಂಗಪ್ಪೆ mungappe • Malayalam: കമ്പിളി kampili, കനല kanala, കാട്ടുചമ്പകം kaattucampakam, നാശകം naasakam, തീപ്പെട്ടിമരം theepettimaram • Marathi: बोक bok • Tamil: கானலி kanali, காட்டுசெண்பகம் kattucampakam • Telugu: వనసంపంగి vanasampangi • Tulu: ಸೂತಪೆಟ್ಟಿಗೆ ಮರ soothapettige mara
Names further compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2023/09/melicope-lunu-ankenda-gaertn-tghartley.html
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Rutaceae week: Melicope lunuankenda at Chorla Ghat:
Seen this large evergreen tree at “Chorla Ghat, Belgaum-Goa Route”.
Bot. name: Melicope lunuankenda
Family: Rutaceae
Local name: Bok,
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Rutaceae Week :: Melicope lunu-ankenda at Anshi:
Melicope lunu-ankenda (Gaertn.) T.G. Hartley
mel-ee-KO-pay — from the Greek meli (honey) and kope (a division)
¿ loon-yoo-UN-kan-duh ? — derivation obscure … Dave’s Botanary

Feb 21, 2012 … along Anshi Ghat near Anshi, Karnataka
commonly known as: melicope • Malayalam: കമ്പിളി kampili, കനല kanala, കാട്ടുചമ്പകം kattucampakam, നാശകം nasakam • Marathi: बोक bok • Tamil: காட்டுசம்பகம் kattucampakam
Native to: s China, India, Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Indo-China, Malesia
References: Biotik • Further Flowers of Sahyadri by Shrikant Ingalhalikar • GRIN • FRLHT
more views: Feb 21, 2012 … along Anshi Ghat near Anshi, Karnataka

Melicope lunuankenda

Marathi : Bok बोक
Really a very difficult name to read and pronounce. Thanks for sharing.
A native plant to Maharashtra.
Important characters to look for:
Large evergreen tree observed occasionally in evergreen forests at high elevations.
Unarmed. Branching above the 2/3 rd portion of the stem
Leaves opposite 3 foliolate(Digitate)
Flowers :Unisexual.small 0.2cm. 4 merous in panicles.
Fruits called as cocci 0.4 to 0.5cm across globose.

 

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Nilgiris: evergreen tree for identification 310813MK01 : Attachments (10). 4 posts by 3 authors.

Please help me to identify this tree commonly found in evergreen forests of Nilgiris.
The tree can grow up to 20 metre in height.
Leaves: 3-foliolate and leaflet up to 15cm long
Alt.: 2000 m asl
Date: 15 July 2013
Place: Kothagiri RF, Nilgiris, TN

It may be of Melicope lunu-ankenda (= Euodia l.) of Rutaceae.

Yes it do looks like Melicope lunu-ankenda.
Unfortunately I have not crushed these leaves to smell the fragrance of Rutaceae.
Image in BIOTIK also looks very similar to the id.

Supporting …

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Melicope lunu-ankenda (Gaertn.) T.G. Hartley SN June 38, : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3).
Melicope lunu-ankenda (Gaertn.) T.G. Hartley, (=  Euodia lunu-ankenda (Gaertn.) Merr.),
shrub from Talakunda area of Nilgiri, Western Ghats,  Tamilnadu

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For identification. : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (6)
Please help with ID of this Tree species…
Tropical semi-evergreen habitat (Grassland), Sagar taluk, Shivamogga, Karnataka (W ghats)
Trifoliate, acute, Tapering leaf base, Entire, Stipules absent, Racemose inflorescence..

Melicope lunu-ankenda (Gaertn.) T.G. Hartley of family Rutaceae
Crush the leaves and smell it.

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FOR VALIDATION & ID :: ¿ Syzygium ? :: Yercaud :: 25 JAN 18 : 5 posts by 3 authors. 4 images.
Yercaud … (literally, lake forest), Tamil Nadu
… planted along road in proper Yercaud … Date: January 25, 2018 … Altitude: about 1,623 m (5324 feet) asl
Could this tree be some species of Syzygium ? You may click on the photos to reach photopage in flickr to download the larger original version (or please ask me to provide).
Flowers of Eucalyptus and leaves of Melicope lunu-ankenda

🙂 🙂 🙂 … This is result of crossing the limits of posting queries per day 🙂 …. thank you very very much

Please note ‘operculum’, a protective caducous conical part of calyx that conceals flower in the bud stage. In Myrtaceae this feature is specific to Eucalyptus genus. Generic name refers to this feature.

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via Species‎ > ‎M‎ > Melicope lunu-ankenda (Gaertn.) T.G. Hartley … family: Rutaceae
Flowers of India   Discussions at efloraofindia   more views in flickr   more views on Google Earth
mel-ee-KO-pay — from the Greek meli (honey) and kope (a division), referring to four glands near the ovary … Dave’s Botanary
¿ lu-nu-UN-can-duh ? — Sinhalese name of this plant, ලුණු·අන්කෙන්ද lunu-ankenda … A Sinhalese-English dictionary by Charles Carter
commonly known as: matchbox tree, melicope • Assamese: মিডাউমা বিফাংগ midauma-baphang • Kannada: ಬೆಂಕಿಪೆಟ್ಟಿ ಗಿಡ benkipettige gida, ಮುಗಳಿ mugali • Malayalam: കമ്പിളി kampili, കനല kanala, കാട്ടുചമ്പകം kattucampakam, നാശകം nasakam, തീപ്പെട്ടിമരം theepettimaram • Marathi: बोक bok • Tamil: காட்டுசம்பகம் kattucampakam • Telugu: వనసంపంగి vanashampange • Tulu: ಸೂತಪೆಟ್ಟಿಗೆ ಮರ soothapettige mara
botanical names: Melicope lunu-ankenda (Gaertn.) T.G. Hartley … synonyms: Fagara lunu-ankenda Gaertn. (basionym) • Euodia lunu-ankenda (Gaertn.) Merr. • Evodia roxburghiana Benth. • Zanthoxylum roxburghianum Cham. … Biotik • NPGS / GRIN
February 18, 2012 … along Chorla Ghat

Any idea why this is called Matchbox tree?
Very interesting….

… … wood of this tree is used for making match box / match sticks … this name in English is derived from the south Indian languages
Kannada: ಬೆಂಕಿಪೆಟ್ಟಿ ಗಿಡ benkipettige gida • Malayalam: തീപ്പെട്ടിമരം theepettimaram • Tulu: ಸೂತಪೆಟ್ಟಿಗೆ ಮರ soothapettige mara

mel-ee-KO-pay — Greek: meli (honey); kope (a division), referring to four glands near the ovary … Dave’s Botanary

¿ lu-nu-UN-can-duh ? — Sinhalese name of this plant, ලුණු·අන්කෙන්ද lunu-ankenda … A Sinhalese-English dictionary by Charles Carter

commonly known as: matchbox tree, melicope • Kachari: মিডাউমা বিফাংগ midauma-baphang • Kannada: ಬೆಂಕಿಪೆಟ್ಟಿ ಗಿಡ benkipettige gida, ಕಾಬಾಳೆ kaabaale, ಮುಗಳಿ mugali, ಮುಂಗಪ್ಪೆ mungappe • Malayalam: കമ്പിളി kampili, കനല kanala, കാട്ടുചമ്പകം kaattucampakam, നാശകം naasakam, തീപ്പെട്ടിമരം theepettimaram • Marathi: बोक bok • Tamil: கானலி kanali, காட்டுசெண்பகம் kattucampakam • Telugu: వనసంపంగి vanasampangi • Tulu: ಸೂತಪೆಟ್ಟಿಗೆ ಮರ soothapettige mara

botanical names: Melicope lunu-ankenda (Gaertn.) T.G.Hartley … homotypic synonyms: Euodia lunu-ankenda (Gaertn.) Merr. • Fagara lunu-ankenda Gaertn. … heterotypic synonyms: Euodia roxburghiana (Cham.) Benth. • Zanthoxylum roxburghianum Cham. … and many more at POWO

Bibliography / etymology
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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
matchbox tree
melicope
~~~~~ KACHARI ~~~~~
written in: Bengali-Assamese, Devanagari, Latin … spoken in: Assam, Nagaland … other names for this language: Plains Kachari (Boro or Bara) and Hill Kachari (Dimasa)
মিডাউমা বিফাংগ midauma-baphang
  • for Euodia roxburghiana (Cham.) Benth. … Flora of Assam Vol I (Part II) by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das, C Purkayastha
  • for Euodia roxburghiana (Cham.) Benth. … Botanical Survey of India – Indian Woods – their identification, properties and uses
  • for Zanthoxylum roxburghianum Cham. … many thanks to Brahmananda Patiri for help with this name … facebook
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) … spoken in: Karnataka
ಬೆಂಕಿಪೆಟ್ಟಿ ಗಿಡ benkipettige gida
ಕಾಬಾಳೆ kaabaale
ಮುಗಳಿ mugali
ಮುಂಗಪ್ಪೆ mungappe
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) … spoken in: Kerala
കമ്പിളി kampili
കനല kanala
കാട്ടുചമ്പകം kaattuchampakam, നാശകം naashakam
  • Many thanks to Sam Kuzhalanattu for help with this name … efloraofindia
തീപ്പെട്ടിമരം theepettimaram
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) … spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
बोक bok
  • Further Flowers of Sahyadri by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the second among the three field guides to identify plants of northern Western Ghats of India, based on flowers
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) … spoken in: Tamil Nadu
கானலி kanali
காட்டுசெண்பகம் kattucampakam
  • BIOTIK (Biodiversity Informatics and co-operation in Taxonomy for Interactive shared Knowledge base)
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) … spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana
వనసంపంగి vanasampangi
~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~
written in: Kannada, Malayalam … spoken in: Karnataka, north Kerala
ಸೂತಪೆಟ್ಟಿಗೆ ಮರ soothapettige mara
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
*Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, *Meghalaya, *Odisha, *Sikkim, Tamil Nadu

* no given name / no name found, in the regional language(s) of the state

~~~~~ Last updated: 20-09-2023 ~~~~~
Names compiled / updated at
https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2023/09/melicope-lunu-ankenda-gaertn-tghartley.html

English spelling of two terms are needed to be corrected:കാട്ടുചമ്പകം kaattuchampakam, നാശകം naashakam

English spellings of Malayalam names corrected …

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Names of Plants in India :: Melicope lunu-ankenda (Gaertn.) T.G. Hartley:
mel-ee-KO-pay — from the Greek meli (honey) and kope (a division), referring to four glands near the ovary … Dave’s Botanary
¿ lu-nu-UN-can-duh ? — Sinhalese name of this plant, ලුණු·අන්කෙන්ද lunu-ankenda … A Sinhalese-English dictionary by Charles Carter
commonly known as: matchbox tree, melicope • Assamese: মিডাউমা বিফাংগ midauma-baphang • Kannada: ಬೆಂಕಿಪೆಟ್ಟಿ ಗಿಡ benkipettige gida, ಮುಗಳಿ mugali • Malayalam: കമ്പിളി kampili, കനല kanala, കാട്ടുചമ്പകം kattucampakam, നാശകം nasakam, തീപ്പെട്ടിമരം theepettimaram • Marathi: बोक bok • Tamil: கானலி kanali, காட்டுசம்பகம் kattucampakam • Telugu: వనసంపంగి vanashampange • Tulu: ಸೂತಪೆಟ್ಟಿಗೆ ಮರ soothapettige mara
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Dear friends,
Above photo details: sighted along Chorla Ghat near Ivorem, Goa on 18 FEB 12
Please validate the names for any error(s).

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120 ID wild plant Melicope sp.: 15 images.

Please ID wild plant (sample flowers from a fallen branch),
Location: near Reserve Forest, Chathamattom, Ernakulam District, (Kochi) Kerala PIN:686671
Altitude: 1400fsl
Flower date: 27.07.2021, 10.40am
Habitat: wild moisture
Plant habit: tree, erect, branches, hardwood but no heart-wood, palewhite bark stuffed with cork, long lasting (wood used for making matchboxes and sticks)
Height: 10 meters
Leaves: opposite, tripartite, ovate, oblong, apex, aromatic, size:12×8cm or less
Flower: racemose, 4 petals, diameter:02mm, white, fragrant
Fruit: globular quadratic green into black, diameter (single):3mm
Seed:
Camera: Samsung Galaxy A21s

Just a suggestion !
Please check this link whether your photographs tally with this ?:
http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/herbsheet.php?id=8755&cat=7

Yes, it is correct and matching with my image of flora of peninsular India. Many trees including young of this kind growing here

Yes, it is matching of flora of peninsular India with my image, dear …
Many trees of this kind growing here.


Sharing seed image and information,
Seed: globular, black, 4 nos., diameter: 3mm

 

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