Prunus ceylanica (Wight) Miq., Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1):366. 1855  ((=) Pygeum acuminatum Colebr.);
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Myanmar [Burma] (Bago, Magway, Taninthayi, Yangon), China (Yunnan), Laos, Vietnam, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Andamans (South Andamans), Bangladesh, Java as per Catalogue of Life (Pygeum ceylanicum Gaertn.);
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PROO-nus — plum family … Dave’s Botanary
sey-LAN-ee-kuh — of or from Ceylon (Sri Lanka) … Dave’s Botanary 
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commonly known as: Ceylon cherry, prussic-acid tree • Abor: kadong-asing • Assamese: গান্ধী গছ gandhi gach • Garo: bol-mangsam • Hindi: सिंहल चेरी sinhal cheree • Kannada: ಕರಡಿ ಮರ karadi mara • Khasi: dieng-soh-khyrnem, dieng-soh-kynti • Kokborok: ranphir • Konkani: कोगल kogal • Kuki: ril-deng-thing • Malayalam: അട്ടനാറിപ്പൊങ്ങ് attanaripongu, ഇരട്ടാനി irattani, മുട്ടക്കൊങ്ങ് muttakongu, നെയ്ക്കമ്പകം naikambagam, നായ്ത്തമ്പകം naithambagam, രെട്ടിയാൻ rettiyan • Marathi: ढाका dhaka, कौला kaula, कोगल kogal • Mech: bomphang-rakhet, mekhra-letei • Mishing: kadong-asing • Mizo: pumphir, raphir • Nagamese: hanam • Nepali: धरणी dharani • Odia: ସିଂହଳୀ ଚେରି simhali cheree • Tamil: ஆட்டன்ரிகோங்கு attanrikonku, இரட்டைக்குச்சி irattaikkucchi, காட்டுக்கோங்கு kattukkonku, முட்டைநாரிகோங்கு muttainarikonku, பாலன்கச்சி palankacchi • Telugu: సిలోన్ నేరేడు silon neredu

Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2024/05/reissantia-indica-willd-nhalle.html
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Evergreen trees, to 25 m high, bark 6-8 mm thick, brownish-black, rough, vertically fissured and shallowly horizontally cracked forming thin tessellate flakes; branchlets prominently lenticellate.

Leaves simple, alternate; stipules small, lateral, cauducous; petiole 10-22 mm, stout, grooved above, glabrous; lamina 10-21 x 4.5-8.5 cm, ovate, ovate-lanceolate, oblong-lanceolate, or elliptic-ovate, base acute, round or oblique, apex acuminate or obtusely acute, margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous; lateral nerves 5-9 pairs, pinnate, prominent, slender, intercostae reticulate, prominent, 2 pitted glands at base on either side of the midrib often present.
Flowers bisexual, 5-6 mm across, white, in axillary racemes; bracts forming a cone in buds, deciduous; calyx tube campanulate; lobes 5-6, ovate, acute or obtuse, densely hairy; petals 5-6, oblong, tomentose without; stamens 20-30; filaments slender, incurved; anthers small; ovary sessile, inferior, 1-celled, glabrous, ovules 2, pendulous; style 1, subulate; stigma capitate. Fruit a drupe 20-25 x 35-37 mm, depressed globose, obscurely 2-lobed, glabrous; seeds 2, globose.     
Flowering and fruiting: September-April
Evergreen, semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests
Distribution: Indo-Malesia;

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tree with green fruits for id mm3 16 03 2013 :  5 images. 6 posts by 3 authors.
another tree with green fruits
these trees were about twenty five to thirty feet tall
locals call it monkey fruits because monkeys love it
would appreciate an id

This is Dhaka [Prunus ceylanica, previously Pygeum gardneri]. Will send my photographs of this later.


Have this on my property at Shahapur. Sending a few photographs to showcase the leaves.


You helped me ID of my tree dpotted in Dec. Will share in a separate thread.
Only 5 species of Rosaceae are native to Maharashtra and this is the only tree from the family which is observed naturally in Maharastra.


Do you have any photographs of the flowers
Would really like to see them
Couldn’t find anything on the net



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Plant for ID 17/03/2013 SMP2 :
Recently I observed one tree from Mahabaleshwar posted by … and IDed as Prunus ceylanica.
I think I saw similar tree in Mahabaleshwar. Fairly large sized with characteristic fruits. (Sorry for the poor quality of pictures)
Lot many birds were gathered in the thicket of the tree to relish on them. Is this also the same tree?


Naikambakam in Malayalam


Prunus ceylanica I hope


Thanks …


Thanks for the pictures. Would you be able to tell us what birds were eating the fruit. It would be of great use to us. Interestingly, in the north east, the fruits are dark purple in colour when ripe.


I am not sure which birds were there but I know the location and if I happen to go there again I would definitely check it.



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Nilgiris :: Shola tree for identification :: 190114MK001 :  Attachments (5).  5 posts by 4 authors.

Please help me in identifying this medium-sized tree found in dense evergreen forests of Nilgiris.
Height: 10 metre
Fruit: 1-2 cm across
Place: Longwood Shola, Kothagiri, TN
Alt.: 2005 m asl
Date: 07 Jan 2014 

Check for Prunus ceylanica, Rosaceae


The specimen from uploaded from Nilgiri forests is Prunus ceylanica of Rosaceae. The characteristic partial bilobed fruits, entire margin of the leaf are the features for which I suggest that it can be P. ceylanica.


Prunus ceylanica known as Naikambakam in Malayalam



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Diospyros ? for Identification SN Aug 53 : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2).
Please identify this cultivated tree in garden, Bangalore.

This looks like Prunus ceylanica [previously Pygeum gardneri]. Please check this link : Google Groups


Supporting …



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ANNOV36/36 Syzygium sp. for identification : 2 posts by 1 author. Attachments (5)

Family: Myrtaceae
Date: 15th November 2015
Place: Agumbe, Shimoga District, Karnataka
Habit: Tree
Habitat: Semi-evergreen forest


This belongs to Rosaceae and is Prunus ceylanica (Wight) Miq.
Identified by Siddarth Jude Machado.



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via Species‎ > ‎P‎ > Prunus ceylanica (Wight) Miq. … family: Rosaceae

Flowers of India Discussions at efloraofindia more views in flickr more views on Google Earth
PROO-nus — plum family … Dave’s Botanary
sey-LAN-ee-kuh — of or from Ceylon (Sri Lanka) … Dave’s Botanary 
commonly known asCeylon cherry • Malayalamഅട്ടനാറിപ്പൊങ്ങ് attanariponguഇരട്ടാനി irattaniമുട്ടക്കൊങ്ങ് muttakkonനെയ്‌ക്കമ്പകം naikambagam,നായ്‌ത്തമ്പകം naithambagamരെട്ടിയാൻ rettiyan • Marathiढाका dhakaकौला kaulaकोगल kogal • Tamilஆட்டன்ரிகோங்கு attanrikonguமுட்டைநாரி கோங்கு muttainari konguபாலன்கச்சி palankacchi 
botanical namesPrunus ceylanica (Wight) Miq. … synonymsPolydontia ceylanica Wight • Pygeum cochinchinense J.E.Vidal • Pygeum zeylanicum Gaertn. … and many more at The Plants List (2013). Version 1.1. 


Thanks, …, for these wonderful compilations.


¿ rey-SAN-shi-ah ? — in honour of Charles Tisserant, a French clergyman, botanist and plant collector … Wikipedia

IN-dih-kuh or in-DEE-kuh — of or from India … Dave’s Botanary

commonly known as: mopane paddle-pod • Bengali: আতরি লতা atari lata, কাঠ পাহাড়িয়া katha pahariya • Hindi: गुथुलीलाठी guthulilati, कांचीकीलाठी kanchikilati • Kachari: sibrai-ia-dam • Kannada: ದೊಡ್ಡ ಮಾತ್ರೀ ಬಳ್ಳಿ dodda maatri balli, ಕಾಂಗುಣ ಬಳ್ಳಿ kaanguna balli • Konkani: व्हडली धवस vhadli dhavas • Kuki: bom-pel-thing • Malayalam: ചെറിയ ചതുരമുല്ല cheriya chathuramulla, ഓടൻ കൊടി oodan kodi • Marathi: मोठी दौशीर mothi daushir • Odia: କାଠ ପାହାଡ଼ିଆ katha pahariya • Tamil: மொரசரகொடி morasarakodi, ஓடங்கொடி odankodi • Telugu: వెర్రియాప verriyaapa • Tulu: ಮಲ್ಲ ಮಾದೆರಿ ಬಳ್ಳು malla maderi ballu

botanical namesReissantia indica (Willd.) N.Hallé … homotypic synonymsHippocratea indica Willd. • Pristimera indica (Willd.) A.C.Sm. … accepted infraspecifics, and their synonyms at POWO, retrieved 19 May 2024

Bibliography / etymology

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
mopane paddle-pod
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
written in: Bengali (বাংলা) … spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
আতরি লতা atari lata
  • Many thanks to Dr Akramul Hoque for help with this name … facebook
  • for Hippocratea indica Willd. … Flora of Assam Vol I (Part II) by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das, C Purkayastha
কাঠ পাহাড়িয়া katha pahariya
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) … spoken in: Uttar PradeshBiharMadhya Pradesh, Rajasthan
गुथुलीलाठी guthulilati, कांचीकीलाठी kanchikilati
~~~~~ 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)
sibrai-ia-dam
  • for Hippocratea indica Willd. … Flora of Assam Vol I (Part II) by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das, C Purkayastha
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) … spoken in: Karnataka
ದೊಡ್ಡ ಮಾತ್ರೀ ಬಳ್ಳಿ dodda maatri balli
ಕಾಂಗುಣ ಬಳ್ಳಿ kaanguna balli
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी), Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ), Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി), Perso-Arabic (کونکنی), Romi (Konknni) … spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat
व्हडली धवस vhadli dhavas
  • name coined, for want of name; व्हडली vhadli = large, big; धवस dhavas = name given to Hippocratea obtusifolia Roxb.
~~~~~ KUKI ~~~~~
written in: Roman … spoken in: Manipur, Assam, Nagaland … other names for this language:Thado, Thado-Pao, Thado-Ubiphei, Thaadou Kuki
bom-pel-thing
  • for Hippocratea indica Willd. … Flora of Assam Vol I (Part II) by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das, C Purkayastha
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) … spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep
ചെറിയ ചതുരമുല്ല cheriya chathuramulla, ഓടൻ കൊടി oodan kodi
  • Many thanks to VC Balakrishnan for help with these names … facebook
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) … spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
मोठी दौशीर mothi daushir
  • name coined, for want of name; मोठी mothi = large, big; दौशीर daushir = name given to Reissantia grahamii (Wight) Ding Hou
~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~
written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) … spoken in: Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
କାଠ ପାହାଡ଼ିଆ katha pahariya
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) … spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
மொரசரகொடி morasarakodi
ஓடங்கொடி odankodi
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) … spoken in: Andhra PradeshTelangana, Puducherry
వెర్రియాప verriyaapa
~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~
written in: Tigalari (Tulu) was used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit, Kannada (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) … spoken in: Karnataka, north Kerala
ಮಲ್ಲ ಮಾದೆರಿ ಬಳ್ಳು malla maderi ballu
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, * Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, West Bengal

* distribution doubtful

~~~~~ Last updated: 11:29 20-05-2024 ~~~~~
Names compiled / updated at
https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2024/05/reissantia-indica-willd-nhalle.html


Both Malayalam and English spellings are correct


Telugu name revised …

commonly known as: Ceylon cherry, prussic-acid tree • Abor: kadong-asing • Assamese: গান্ধী গছ gandhi gach • Garo: bol-mangsam • Hindi: सिंहल चेरी sinhal cheree • Kannada: ಕರಡಿ ಮರ karadi mara • Khasi: dieng-soh-khyrnem, dieng-soh-kynti • Kokborok: ranphir • Kuki: ril-deng-thing • Malayalam: അട്ടനാറിപ്പൊങ്ങ് attanaripongu, ഇരട്ടാനി irattani, മുട്ടക്കൊങ്ങ് muttakongu, നെയ്‌ക്കമ്പകം naikambagam, നായ്‌ത്തമ്പകം naithambagam, രെട്ടിയാൻ rettiyan • Marathi: ढाका dhaka, कौला kaula, कोगल kogal • Mech: bomphang-rakhet, mekhra-letei • Mishing: kadong-asing • Mizo: pumphir, raphir • Nagamese: hanam • Nepali: धरणी dharani • Odia: ସିଂହଳୀ ଚେରି simhali cheree • Tamil: ஆட்டன்ரிகோங்கு attanrikonku, இரட்டைக்குச்சி irattaikkucchi, காட்டுக்கோங்கு kattukkonku, முட்டைநாரிகோங்கு muttainarikonku, பாலன்கச்சி palankacchi • Telugu: సిలోన్ నేరేడు silon neredu

Konkani name (borrowed from Marathi) added …

commonly known as: Ceylon cherry, prussic-acid tree • Abor: kadong-asing • Assamese: গান্ধী গছ gandhi gach • Garo: bol-mangsam • Hindi: सिंहल चेरी sinhal cheree • Kannada: ಕರಡಿ ಮರ karadi mara • Khasi: dieng-soh-khyrnem, dieng-soh-kynti • Kokborok: ranphir • Konkani: कोगल kogal • Kuki: ril-deng-thing • Malayalam: അട്ടനാറിപ്പൊങ്ങ് attanaripongu, ഇരട്ടാനി irattani, മുട്ടക്കൊങ്ങ് muttakongu, നെയ്ക്കമ്പകം naikambagam, നായ്ത്തമ്പകം naithambagam, രെട്ടിയാൻ rettiyan • Marathi: ढाका dhaka, कौला kaula, कोगल kogal • Mech: bomphang-rakhet, mekhra-letei • Mishing: kadong-asing • Mizo: pumphir, raphir • Nagamese: hanam • Nepali: धरणी dharani • Odia: ସିଂହଳୀ ଚେରି simhali cheree • Tamil: ஆட்டன்ரிகோங்கு attanrikonku, இரட்டைக்குச்சி irattaikkucchi, காட்டுக்கோங்கு kattukkonku, முட்டைநாரிகோங்கு muttainarikonku, பாலன்கச்சி palankacchi • Telugu: సిలోన్ నేరేడు silon neredu


I have collected this tree from maredumilli forest of East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh.
But I don’t know the telugu name, local konda reddy tribes are investigated for its ethno botanical properties it is medicinally useful in curing skin diseases and used as purgative, wood is light weight and used for making cardboard boxes and fuel
The very interesting thing is that fruits when ripen are taken by jungle cats



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Small tree from West Bengal for ID : Attachments (3 + 2). 5 posts by 4 authors.
Tree, about 5 tall. Altitude 75m. Locality Buxa Tiger Reserve.

Looks like a wild species of Prunus of Rosaceae family.


Is it something from Anacardiaceae the fruit structure and the long pedicel remnds me of it may be I am totally wrong.


Agree with … This is a species of Prunus possibly P.ceylanica [Pygeum gardneri] locally called Dhaka. Have grown these saplings from seed.




406 ID wild tree:
Please ID wild tree.
It’s dry pod easily break when fall on open ground other than grassland, but at the same time the seed in it also divided into two parts at its very centre portion, so I think the propagation of this plant is to be difficult.
Location: near Vannappuram, Thodupuzha, Idukki Dist., Kerala PIN:685607
Altitude: 1500fsl
Flower date: 29DEC2022, 01.50pm
Habitat: wild moisture sloppy hill, streamside
Plant habit: tree overgrown, erect, branches, branchlets, hard woody stem 60 inches base circumference, rough flaked brown bark
Height: 09 meters
Leaves: alternate, elliptic, acute, simple, glossy, lite wavy margins, size upto:16×6cm
Flower: axillary spike racemose, clustered, diameter:07mm, off-white, good fragrance
Fruit: drupe, green into brown, ovoid, size:23×15mm
Seed: brown, single, ovoid, size:20×12mm
Camera: CANON EOS1500D +FL10x


Inflorescence looks similar to images at Terminalia, but fruit looks different.


Fruit shape reminds me of Euphorbiaceae.


Yes, inflorescence is very close to Terminalia. Observed from outside, only fruits are different when compared with fruits of both plants. I got unripen fruit image of the said tree already in September, and I am waiting for its flower images till the December. Leaves of Terminalia is purely ovoid. Also having closeups of Terminalia inflorescence,  the same will be posted as soon as possible for reference.


Yes, your suggestion of fruit shape of Euphorbiaceae is very correct and the said fruit is bi-lobed, but only one seed in it.


Check Prunus ceylanica


Yes, appears close as per images at
https://efloraofindia.com/2013/03/31/prunus-ceylanica/


Yes it is Prunus ceylanica, dear …, thank you very much for ID my plant


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Telugu name for Prunus ceylanica (Wight) Miq.:
Please help with giving a name in Telugu for Prunus ceylanica (Wight) Miq. … I was not able to find any mention of Telugu names for Ceylon cherry.
My attempt: అడవి బాదాము adavi badamu OR అడవి నేరేడు adavi neredu


సిలోన్ నేరేడు more appropriate, than above two