Sarcostigma kleinii Wight & Arn., Edinburgh New Philos. J. 14: 299 1833. (Syn: Chailletia edulis Kurz; Sarcostigma edule Kurz; Sarcostigma horsfieldii R.Br.; Sarcostigma wallichii Baill.);
¿ sar-koh-STIG-muh ? — Greek: sarkos (flesh); referring to fleshy stigma … Dave’s Botanary ¿ kline-EE-eye ? — named for Johann Gottfried Klein, Danish missionary & plant collector … History of Indian Botany • Malabar Doctors in Tranquebar, India commonly known as: odal oil plant • Kannada: ಪೂವನ್ನ puvanna • Malayalam: എരുമത്താളി erumaththaali, ഓടൽ otal, വെള്ളയോടൽ vellayotal • Sanskrit: इङ्गुदी ingudi • Tamil: ஓடல் otal, பூவெண்ணெய் puvennai • Tulu: ಇಂಗುದಿ ಬಳ್ಳು ingudi ballu Woody climbers, branchlets glabrous. Leaves 17-22 x 8-12 cm, oblong-lanceolate, apex acuminate, base rounded or obtuse; lateral nerves 8 pairs, reticulate; petiole 5-12 cm long. Spikes to 35 cm long, slender, axillary or from tubercles. Flowers 3-6 together, yellow; calyx cupular, 2 mm across, 5-toothed; petals 3-5 mm long, oblong, recurved; stamens 5, anthers versatile, staminodes 5; female flowers mostly from old wood, ovary 1-celled, densely hairy; stigma sessile, discoid; pistillode in male flowers conical. Drupe to 3 x 1.5 cm, ovoid, orange-yellow, glabrous. Flowering and fruiting: February-June
Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests, also in sacred groves
Indo-Malesia
(Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Id assistance SN Sep 07 : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2).
Please identify this wild tree from Cherrupuzha area Cannanur dt Kerala
how about Sarcostigma kleinii Wight & Arn. of Icacinaceae ?
This could be Sarcostigma kleinii
The images attached are of Sarcostigma kleinii, which is a woody climber Anmod Ghat :: Sarcostigma kleinii :: DVFEB62/95 : 2 posts by 2 authors. 3 images.
Anmod Ghat … NH4A descending from Anmod, Karnataka to Mollem, Goa
Date: 26 MAY 2013 … Altitude: descends from about 640 m asl to 90 m asl
Sarcostigma kleinii Wight & Arn. … (family: Icacinaceae)
Beautiful
ANNOV30/30 Liana for identification : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5)
Date: 15th November 2015
Place: Agumbe, Shimoga District, Karnataka Habit: Liana Habitat: Semi-evergreen forest Sarcostigma klienii, male plant.
ANNOV31/31 Liana for identification : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5) Date: 15th November 2015
Place: Agumbe, Shimoga District, Karnataka Habit: Liana Habitat: Semi-evergreen forest Sarcostigma klienii, female plant
Names of Plants in India :: Sarcostigma kleinii Wight & Arn. : 6 posts by 3 authors. 1 image. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ¿ sar-koh-STIG-muh ? — Greek: sarkos (flesh); referring to fleshy stigma … Dave’s Botanary ¿ kline-EE-eye ? — named for Johann Gottfried Klein, Danish missionary & plant collector … History of Indian Botany • Malabar Doctors in Tranquebar, India commonly known as: odal oil plant • Kannada: ಪೂವನ್ನ puvanna • Malayalam: എരുമത്താളി erumaththaali, ഓടൽ otal, വെള്ളയോടൽ vellayotal • Sanskrit: इङ्गुदी ingudi • Tamil: ஓடல் otal, பூவெண்ணெய் puvennai • Tulu: ಇಂಗುದಿ ಬಳ್ಳು ingudi ballu botanical names: Sarcostigma kleinii Wight & Arn. … synonyms: Sarcostigma edule Kurz • Sarcostigma horsfieldii R.Br. • Sarcostigma wallichii Baill. … status at The Plants List (2013). Version 1.1. December 18, 2017 … Agumbe … photograph copyrights: Anurag Sharma |