Staphylea pomifera – eFlora of India

April 11, 2014
Staphylea

Staphylea pomifera (Roxb.) Byng & Christenh. (syn: Canarium sajiga Buch.-Ham. ex Wight & Arn.; Dalrympelea pomifera Roxb.; Maurocenia pomifera Kuntze; Turpinia latifolia Wall. (ambiguous synonym); Turpinia pomifera (Roxb.) DC.; Turpinia pomifera var. minor C.C.Huang; Turpinia pomifera var. minor C.C.Huang & T.Z.Hsu);

China (Guangxi, S-Yunnan), Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, Moluccas (Talaud Isl.),
Philippines, Myanmar [Burma] (widespread), Nepal, NE-India (Assam, Arunachal
Pradesh, Meghalaya), Sikkim, N-Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Bangladesh as per Catalogue of Life;

E. Himalaya (Nepal, Sikkim), east to Malaysia as per Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal;

Bhutan, China, India, Malaysia, Nepal, N Vietnam as per Flora of China;

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Keys as per efi thread

Vernacular names : Tamil: Kanali, Nila Malayalam: Attuneermulla, Pambaravetti, Pambavetti, Samtha Kannada: Nila

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MS Dec., 2017/04 Turpinia montana ? for confirmation : 6 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3)

Location : Saiha, South Mizoram

Date : 31-03-2017

Small or medium-sized evergreen tree

Habitat : Wild

I shall like to go with Turpinia pomifera as per the following:

http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=110203&flora_id=2

http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=134013

http://efloraindia.nic.in/efloraindia/taxonList.action?id=4756&type=3

http://efloraindia.nic.in/efloraindia/taxonList.action?id=4761&type=4

http://efloraindia.nic.in/efloraindia/taxonList.action?id=4762&type=4

http://efloraindia.nic.in/efloraindia/taxonList.action?id=4759&type=4

Do you agree with my id?

Yes, I agreed because T.pomifera is found in Mizoram. e.g., Lunglei, Tawi, Thenhlum, etc.

Please correct the location as HMUIFANG, MIZORAM (not Saiha, s.mizoram)

References:

Catalogue of Life POWO (Dalrympelea pomifera Roxb.) The Plant List Ver.1.1
Tropicos Flora of China FoC illustration Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal India Biodiversity Portal

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