Melicope lunu-ankenda

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).

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.

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

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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.

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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..

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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. 2+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).

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Flowers of Eucalyptus and leaves of Melicope lunu-ankenda

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

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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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Names of Plants in India :: Melicope lunu-ankenda (Gaertn.) T.G. Hartley : 5 posts by 3 authors. 1 image.

via Species‎ > ‎M‎ > Melicope lunu-ankenda (Gaertn.) T.G. Hartley … family: Rutaceae

     
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 

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Any idea why this is called Matchbox tree?

Very interesting….

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… … 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

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References:

http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/tro-50199186