Olax


Olax nana Wall. ex Benth. (Pakistan (Pakistani Punjab), Nepal, Myanmar [Burma] (Kachin, Sagaing), Sikkim, India (Darjeeling, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh), Vietnam, Thailand, Bangladesh as per Catalogue of Life)

 

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BSI Flora of India with details & keys
(Volume 5- 2000) (Distribution):

  1. Olax acuminata Wallich ex Benth. (India: In forests from 1000-1500 m. West Bengal, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura and Meghalaya; Bhutan, Bangladesh and Myanmar)
  2. Olax imbricata Roxb. (India: Along slopes and in dense mixed forest. West Bengal, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Andaman & Nicobar Islands; Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Indo-China, Thailand, Malay Peninsula, S. W. China, Taiwan, New Guinea, Solomon island and Micronesia)
  3. Olax nana Wallich ex Benth. (India: In drier places, ascending to 1600 m in to Himalaya and Shiwaliks. Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh; Pakistan, Nepal and Thailand)
  4. Olax scandens Roxb. (India: Along edges of forests, roadsides near streams and in damp shady forests. Uttar Pradesh. Bihar. West Bengal. Orissa, Madhya Pradesh. Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu; Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Indo-China, Thailand, Malay Peninsula and Mauritius)
  5. Olax wightiana Wallich ex Wight & Arn. (India: In moist deciduous forests. Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala; Sri Lanka) [synonym of O. imbricata Roxb.]
  6. Olax zeylanica L. (Peninsular India; Sri Lanka) 

References

  1. Uniyal, B.P. 2000. Olacaceae. In; Singh, N.P., Vohra, J.N., Hajra, P.K.
    and Singh, D.K. (Eds.) Flora of India Volume 5 Olacaceae-Connaraceae. Botanical
    Survey of India, Calcutta. pp. 1-16.
  2. eFI page 
 
 

Botanical name Synonyms Family Common name








Olax imbricata Olax wightiana, Ximenia olacoides Olacaceae South Asian Olax
Olax psittacorum (No range in India as per IUCN (CR) ) (synonym for Olax
scandens Roxb.)
Olacaceae Parrot Olax
 
Olax nana Wall. ex Benth. (NW. & C. India to Bengal, Madras, Nepal, NW. Thailand)

 

Species with distribution in annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal (Distribution):

Olax nana Wall. ex Benth. (W. Himalaya (Punjab to Nepal))

 

Some species found in India with description & keys from Flora of China (Distribution other than China):

Olax acuminata Wallich ex Bentham [Bhutan, E India, Myanmar].

Olax imbricata Roxburgh [India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand].

 

An Excursion Flora of Central Tamilnadu, India By K. M. Matthew (1995- Details with keys)-
 
Flora of Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, India By T. Pullaiah (2000- Details)-

Olax scandens

  

Flora of Medak District, Andhra Pradesh, India By T. Pullaiah, Chintala Prabhakar, B. Ravi Prasad Rao (1995- Details)-

Flora of Ranga Reddi District Andhra Pradesh, India By T. Pullaiah, M. Silar Mohammed  (2000- Details)-

Olax scandens

 
Flora of Eastern Ghats: Hill Ranges of South East India, Volume 1 By T. Pullaiah, D. Muralidhara Rao, K. Sri Ramamurthy (2003)- Details-
 
 
Forest Plants of Eastern India By Amal Bhusan Chaudhuri (1993)- Brief details

 

Forest trees of South India: Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry, Andhra Pradesh and neighbouring states like Maharashtra by S. G. Neginhal, 2004 – Nature – 447 pages-
Olax wightiana Wall. ex Wight & Arn. is a synonym Olax imbricata


 
World Spice Plants: Economic Usage, Botany, Taxonomy By Johannes Seidemann (2005)- Details-

Olax ‎(Olacaceae) : 4 posts by 2 authors.

I have updated eFI (efloraofindia) page on Olax (Pl. click).

Attempts have been made to incorporate most of the species available in India & nearby areas with details & keys directly or through links as far as possible. It’s quite possible that there may be some discrepancy in the accepted names & synonyms taken from other links.

Species discussed so far in efloraofindia are given at the bottom of the page in the form of links against Subpages. On clicking them one can see all the details.

If someone can provide complete list of Indian species with source references it will be wonderful.

Any comments/ corrections are welcome.

I have added the list of species mainly based on Uniyal (2000) in Flora of India by BSI.

Thanks, … Now it’s complete.

I have record Olax nana in Gujarat also and attached my paper please check it.

Attachments (1) – Ritesh Olax nana.docx

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