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.);
. 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; . 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 . 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, 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 …
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 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.
. Names of Plants in India :: Melicope lunu-ankenda (Gaertn.) T.G. Hartley : 5 posts by 3 authors. Wrong image attached.
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? … … 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
Links listed as references in the notes below, may not remain valid permanently. Portals / websites have a tendency to re-organize / revise their content, leading to change in URLs of pages in their site. Some sites may even close down at their own will. ~~~~~ 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
~~~~~ 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
തീപ്പെട്ടിമരം theepettimaram
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) … spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
बोक bok
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) … spoken in: Tamil Nadu
கானலி kanali
காட்டுசெண்பகம் kattucampakam
~~~~~ 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 … . Names of Plants in India :: Melicope lunu-ankenda (Gaertn.) T.G. Hartley: Wrong image attached. The above illustrated photographs are of Bischofia javanica Blume I will substitute the photograph to that of Melicope lunu-ankenda (Gaertn.) T.G.Hartley, shortly after revising my notes at flickr.
Shiwalee recently corrected the ID of this observation at iNaturalist.
. 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 ! 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 …
. Rutaceae Week :: Melicope lunu-ankenda at Anshi: Wrong image attached.
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 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. The photographs of observation “Feb 21, 2012 … along Anshi Ghat near Anshi, Karnataka” belong to Bischofia javanica Blume, and not Melicope lunu-ankenda (Gaertn.) T.G.Hartley.
Shiwalee corrected the observation ID at iNaturalist. . . |