Category: Sapindaceae

Cupaniopsis anacardioides (A.Rich.) Radlk. (Introduced) (Australia (N-Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, NE-New South Wales), New Guinea, India (introduced), USA (introduced) (Florida (introduced)) as per Catalogue of Life)  

Melicoccus bijugatus Jacq. (Introduced) (Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia (Antioquia, Bolvar, Cesar, Choc, Crdoba, Cundinamarca, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Quindo, San Andrs, Providencia y Santa Catalina, Sucre, Tolima, Valle), Venezuela (Anzoategui, Aragua, Bolivar, Carabobo, Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Nueva Esparta, Tachira, Zulia), N-Brazil (I), Guyana (I), Surinam (I), French Guiana? (I), Belize (I), Bahamas […]

Blighia sapida K.D.Koenig (Introduced) (Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, S-Mali, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, ?Liberia, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Sao Tome, Principe Isl., Haiti (I), Dominican Republic (I), Puerto Rico (I), Navassa Isl. (I), Nicaragua (I), Jamaica (I), Costa Rica (I), Belize (I), Panama (I), Lesser Antilles (I) (Montserrat (I), Dominica (I), Martinique (I), St. […]

Paullinia cupana Kunth (Introduced) ? (Colombia (Amazonas, Meta, Vaups), Peru, Ecuador, N-Brazil (Para, Amazonas, Acre), Venezuela (Amazonas) as per Catalogue of Life)  

  Majidea zanguebarica J. Kirk ex Oliv. (Introduced) (SE-Kenya, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Society Isl. (I) (Tahiti (I)), Jamaica (c), Trinidad & Tobago (I) as per Catalogue of Life)                   Flora of Peninsular India: Majidea zanguebarica Species with description & pictures in Flowers of India as on 21.1.14:  Botanical […]

  Schleichera oleosa (Lour.) Oken (Pakistan (Pakistani Punjab), Nepal, India (throughout), Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Java, Laos, Lesser Sunda Isl., Sulawesi (incl. Selayar Isl., Kabaena Isl., Muna Isl.), Moluccas (Ambon, Banda, ?Ceram, ?Kei Isl.), Myanmar [Burma] (widespread), Bangladesh as per Catalogue of life)                         […]

Keys as per efi thread : Three Sapindus species are known in India and differentiated on the basis of leaflets (vide- Flora of India vol-5 page 380-384.): 1A. Leaflets 5-8 pairs S.mukorossi 1B. Leaflets 2-3 pairs 2 2A. Leaflets lanceolate, apex acuminate; drupes ferruginous, velvety, almost combined S.trifoliatus 2B. Leaflets oblong, apex emarginate; drupes smooth, […]

Nephelium lappaceum L. (Introduced) (Java, Myanmar [Burma] (Mon, Taninthayi), peninsular Malaysia (scattered in the wild), Singapore, Thailand, Laos, Philippines (Basilan), Palawan, Vietnam (I), Borneo, Sumatra, Sulawesi, ?Moluccas (?Ceram), Sri Lanka (I), Palau Isl. (I) (Babeldaob (I), Pohnpei (I)), Society Isl. (I) (Tahiti (I), Raiatea (I), etc. (I)), China (I) (Guangdong (I), Hainan (I)), Taiwan (I), Costa […]

  Litchi chinensis Sonn. (Introduced) (China (S-Fujian, Guangdong), peninsular Malaysia (Kedah, Terengganu, Perak, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan), Borneo, Thailand, Vietnam, Costa Rica (I), Cuba (I), Hispaniola (I), Puerto Rico (I), Taiwan (I), Java (I), trop. Africa (I), Fiji (I), Palau Isl. (I), Society Isl. (I) (Tahiti (I), Raiatea (I)), Mauritius (I), La Runion (I), Andaman Isl. (I), […]

  Keys in Flora of Bhutan (with habitat and flowering): l. Leaflets glabrous; petals equalling sepals; ovary 2-celled 1. L. senegalensis (Lower valleys and terai. Subtropical and terai forests, 250—900m. February- March) + Leaflets pubescent; petals longer than sepals; ovary 3-celled 2. L. rubiginosa (Terai forests, 150-250m. April—June) . Keys in the book at Flora […]

Koelreuteria bipinnata Franch. (Introduced) (China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan) as per Catalogue of Life)       Koelreuteria paniculata Laxm. (China to Korea: China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Korea, Manchuria; Introduced into: Alabama, Austria, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Florida, Great Britain, Hungary, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Italy, Japan, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, […]

  Harpullia arborea (Blanco) Radlk. (Australia (N-Queensland), Java, Sri Lanka, India (Assam, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala), Bangladesh, New Guinea, Fiji, Tonga (‘Eua), Western Samoa, peninsular Malaysia (Perak, Pahang), Thailand, S-Vietnam, Solomon Isl., Sumatra, Borneo, Sulawesi, Moluccas, Lesser Sunda Isl., Philippines (throughout), USA (I) (Florida (I)) as per Catalogue of life)           […]

  Filicium decipiens (Wight & Arn.) Thwaites (India (Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu), Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Thailand (I), Java (I), Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, Comores (Mayotte, etc.), Malaysia (I), Fiji (I), Panama (I), Hawaii (I) (Oahu (I), West Maui (I) (Honokowai Valley (I)), Hawaii Isl. (I) (Hilo) (I)), Burma (I), Trinidad & Tobago […]

  Dodonaea viscosa Jacq. (USA (Arizona, California, Florida), Cuba, Cayman Isl., Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Mona Isl., Virgin Isl. (Anegada, St. Croix, St. Thomas), Lesser Antilles (Antigua, Barbados, Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Marie Galante, Martinique, St. Eustatius, St. Lucia, St. Martin), Costa Rica, Peru, Nicaragua, Belize, Revillagigedos Isl. (Isla Socorro, Isla Clarion), Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, […]

   Dimocarpus longan Lour. (China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan, SW-China (I) to SE-China (I)), India (Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala), Sri Lanka, Peru (I), peninsular Malaysia (Perak), Singapore (I), Java, New Guinea, Borneo, Thailand, Palau Isl. (I), Society Isl. (I) (Raiatea (I)), Southern Marianas (I) (Guam (I)), Mauritius (I), […]

Keys as per efi thread The leaf surface of Cardiospermum corindum (syn. C. canescens ) is densely hairy in respect to Cardiospermum halicacabum. Leaf shape is also different. Fruit shape is elliptic and long in Cardiospermum corindum, in respect to C. halicacabum, where the fruit is globose or broadly pyriform . Keys as per efi thread : […]

   Keys at book link Flora of Peninsular India. However, these are not followed as per efi thread (According to Pant (2000) in Flora of India, Vol. 5, these two are treated as different species but Singh & Vajravelu (2005) in Flora of Kerala treated these two species as polymorphic species of A. cobbe. They stated that […]