Spondias indica (Wight & Arn.) Airy Shaw & Forman, Kew Bull. 21:16. 1967 (Syn: (≡) Solenocarpus indicus Wight & Arn. (basionym)); . Habit –Small deciduous trees, up to 10 m tall. Trunk & Bark- Bark smooth, greyish green Branches and Branchlets- Branchlets with corky bark, glabrous. Leaves- Leaves compound, imparipinnate, clustered at twig ends; rachis 15-30 cm long, terete, striate, pulvinus, glabrous; leaflets opposite, 3-7 pairs with terminal one, petiolule to 0.2 cm long; leaflet lamina 3-8 x 1.4-3 cm, narrow oblong sometimes oblong-ovate, apex acuminate, base asymmetricaly rounded, margin crenulate with shallow crenature, chartaceous, glabrous; midrib slightly raised above, with intramarginal nerve; secondary nerves 8-10; tertiary nerves admedially ramified. Inflorescence / Flower- Inflorescence terminal panicle; flowers bisexual, white, fragrant. Fruit and Seed- Drupe, small, oblong, 0.8 x 0.4 cm, 1-seeded. Along rivulets amidst evergreen and moist deciduous forests up to 1000 m. Endemic to Western Ghats; South and Central Sahyadris. (From Biotik .
Nilgiris: Tree for identification 290613MK03 : Attachments (5). 4 posts by 3 authors. Please help me to identify this tree seen commonly in the shola forests of Nilgiris. I taken this picture from long distance. Is this any Meliaceae? Habitat: evergreen forest Tree: almost 8 m height Date: 20 June 2013 Place: Kodanad, Nilgiris, TN Alt.: 2000 m asl This could be Solenocarpus indica Yes it is Spondias indica [= Solenocarpus indicus] .                        681 ID wild tree: 23 high res. images. Please ID wild tree, Location: bloomed near Vannappuram Thodupuzha Idukki Kerala INDIA Altitude: 1500fsl Flower date: 16MAR2024, 03.05pm Habitat: wild moisture rocky sloppy windy misty highland Plant habit: small obliquely branched parasitic tree, hard cylindrical brownish silvery stem 10cm base diameter, roots wrapped around Height: 05 feet Host tree: Erythrina Leaves: densely clustered at terminals imparipinnate, leaflets 05 pairs opposite elliptic acute simple flexible smooth glossy lite serrated margins; tamarind tasted, size upto: 07×4cm Flower: panicle inflorescence in terminals, clustered, whitish, fragrant diameter:05mm Fruit: drupe green into greenish brown ovoid size: 09x4mm tamarind tasted Seed: brown single ovoid One correction: panicle inflorescence and the tree is deciduous. Thank you very much dear … for identified the tree as Spondias indica.
. References: GRIN Biotik (Solenocarpus indica Wt.& Arn.) India Biodiversity Portal The Plant List (Solenocarpus indica Wight & Arn.- Unresolved) |
Spondias indica
Updated on July 6, 2025