Chionanthus mala-elengi

Chionanthus mala-elengi (Dennst.) P.S.Green, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 26: 124 1984 publ. 1985. (Synonym: Chionanthus malabaricus (Wall. ex G.Don) Bedd.; Forsythia mala-elengi Dennst.; Ligustrum microphylla (J. Graham) S.M. Almeida; Ligustrum microphyllum (J.Graham) S.M.Almeida [Illegitimate]; Linociera malabarica Wall. ex G.Don; Mayepea malabarica (Wall. ex G.Don) Kuntze; Phillyrea microphylla J.Graham);

Indian Subcontinent to Indo-China and Sumatera as per WCSP;

kye-oh-NAN-thus — snow-white flowers … Dave’s Botanary
¿ mah-luh-AY-len-jai ? — derived from Malabar name of the plant

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commonly known as: Malabar fringe tree • Kannada: ಹರಿಯಾಗೆ hariyaage, ಮೈಸಾಲೆ maisaale, ತಗಡಲಿ tagadali • Malayalam: മലഇലഞ്ഞി mala-elengi • Marathi: हेड्डी heddi• Tamil: சொர்கிலி sorkili

Habit- Small trees up to 8 m tall.

Trunk & Bark- Bark grey, smooth shining, covered with raised corky lenticels; blaze dull orange.

Branches and branchlets- Young branchlets subterete, glabrous, whitish.

Leaves- Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; petiole 0.5-1.2 cm long, canaliculate, glabrous; lamina 5-14.5 x 2.5-5 cm, elliptic-obovate, apex abruptly acuminate or sometimes rounded, base cuneate, margin entire or slightly revolute, coriaceous, drying olive green, glabrous beneath; midrib canaliculate above; secondary nerves very slender, nearly parallel; tertiary and higher order nerves obscure.

Inflorescence / Flower- Inflorescence few flowered cymes or on axillary fascicles; slender peduncles; flowers sessile, yellowish white.

Fruit and Seed- Drupe, ellipsoid, or ovoid, 1.5 cm long; seed one.

Understorey trees in disturbed evergreen to semievergreen forests, up to 1000 m.

Peninsular India; in the Western Ghats- throughout.

(Attributions- B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry from India Biodiversity Portal)

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ID confirmation MS310311 -23 – ID requested:
I am attaching the photographs of a tree (medium sized) for confirmation of ID.
The photos ware taken on 27.12.2010 in Kabballi, near Shimoga. Shimoga is in the Western Ghats of Karnataka.

-This could be Chionanthus mala-elengi (Dennst.) P.S.Green
<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-367461>

– Yes Chionanthus mala-elengi from the family Oleaceae
More info from the link below
http://www.biotik.org/india/chiomala_en.html
<http://www.biotik.org/india/chiomala/chiomala_en.html>

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Chionanthus mala-elengi: Today at Kanakeshwar, Alibag
Chionanthus mala-elengi
Local Marathi name: Heddi

Agumbe Ghat :: Chionanthus mala-elengi :: DVJAN10 : 2 posts by 2 authors.
Agumbe Ghat (part of Someshwara Wildlife Sanctuary) … Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka
Date: 28 DEC 2014 … Altitude: about 600 m asl at crest, about 250 m asl at foothill
Chionanthus mala-elengi (Dennst.) P.S.Green … (family: Oleaceae)

Wonderful

ANAPR29 Chionanthus mala-elengi (Dennst.) P.S.Green : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2)

Family: Oleaceae
Date: March 2015
Place: Aralam WLS, Kerala
Habit: Tree
Habit, leaves and flowers can be seen at this link.

Beautiful.

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I D PLEASE : 5 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2)
Please identify this small tree…. flowers similar to Mimusops.. from Kannur, Kerala.. riparian habitat

Chionanthus sp.

Chionanthus sp

Chionanthus species in eFloraofindia (with details/ keys from published papers/ regional floras/ FRLHT/ FOI/ Biotik/ efloras/ books etc., where ever available on net)

Chionanthus mala-elengi

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Names of Plants in India :: Chionanthus mala-elengi (Dennst.) P.S.Green : 4 posts by 3 authors.

via Species‎ > ‎C‎ > Chionanthus mala-elengi (Dennst.) P.S.Green … family: Oleaceae

kye-oh-NAN-thus — snow-white flowers … Dave’s Botanary
¿ mah-luh-AY-len-jai ? — derived from Malabar name of the plant
commonly known as: Malabar fringe tree • Kannada: ಹರಿಯಾಗೆ hariyaage, ಮೈಸಾಲೆ maisaale, ತಗಡಲಿ tagadali • Malayalam: മലഇലഞ്ഞി mala-elengi • Marathi: हेड्डी heddi• Tamil: சொர்கிலி sorkili
botanical names: Chionanthus mala-elengi (Dennst.) P.S.Green … synonyms: Chionanthus malabaricus (Wall. ex G.Don) Bedd. • Forsythia mala-elengi Dennst. • Linociera malabarica Wall. ex G.Don • Mayepea malabarica (Wall. ex G.Don) Kuntze • Phillyrea microphylla J.Graham … The Plants List (2013). Version 1.1.

Thanks, …, for the beautiful compilation.

kye-oh-NAN-thus — snow-white flowers … Dave’s Botanary
¿ mah-luh-AY-len-jai ? — derived from Malabar name of the plant

commonly known as: Malabar fringe tree • Kannada: ಹರಿಯಾಗೆ hariyaage, ಹೊರಿಯಕ್ಕಿ ಮರ horiyakki mara, ಕೊಂಡೆ ಮರ konde mara, ಮೈಸಾಲೆ maisaale, ತಗಡಕ tagadaka, ತಗಡತಿ tagadati • Malayalam: മലയിലഞ്ഞി mala-elengi • Marathi: हेड्डी heddi • Tamil: சொர்கிலி sorkili • Telugu: పున్నాగము punagamu, పుణిచి punichhe • Tulu: ಪೊರಿಯಕ್ಕಿ ಮರೊ poriyakki maro

botanical names: Chionanthus mala-elengi (Dennst.) P.S.Green … synonym: Forsythia mala-elengi Dennst. … POWO /// accepted infraspecific: Chionanthus mala-elengi subsp. mala-elengi … synonyms: Chionanthus malabaricus (Wall. ex G.Don) Bedd. • Linociera malabarica Wall. ex G.Don • Mayepea malabarica (Wall. ex G.Don) Kuntze … and more at POWO

Bibliography / etymology

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

Malabar fringe tree

Flowers of India

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

ಹೊರಿಯಕ್ಕಿ ಮರ horiyakki mara

Shodhganga – Medicinal plants of Tulunadu
for synonym Linociera malabarica Wall. ex G.Don … Mandayam Digital Library – Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore by S G Narsimhachar

ಕೊಂಡೆ ಮರ konde mara, ತಗಡತಿ tagadati

for synonym Linociera malabarica Wall. ex G.Don … Mandayam Digital Library – Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore by S G Narsimhachar

ಹರಿಯಾಗೆ hariyaage, ಮೈಸಾಲೆ maisaale, ತಗಡಕ tagadaka

for synonym Linociera malabarica Wall. ex G.Don … Alar – an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

മലയിലഞ്ഞി mala-elengi

Wikipedia
or മലഇലഞ്ഞി mala-elengi … Wikimedia Commons

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

हेड्डी heddi

The Gazetteer Department … महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

சொர்கிலி sorkili

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

పున్నాగము punagamu, పుణిచి punichhe

ENVIS – FRLHT
Flora Andhrika – Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India

~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~

ಪೊರಿಯಕ್ಕಿ ಮರೊ poriyakki maro

Shodhganga – Medicinal plants of Tulunadu

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Names compiled / updated at
https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2022/02/chionanthus-mala-elengi-dennst-psgreen.html

ANJAN03/03 Please identify this tree : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (8)

Date: 28th December 2014
Place: Someshwara Wildlife Sanctuary
Habit: Short tree
I am not sure if what I have photographed are flowers or dehisced fruits.

Either way, they were sweetly scented and came away from the stalk very easily.

Could this be Chionanthus mala-elengi ??

Thank you very much sir.
So looking at the photos in this- http://biotik.org/india/chiomala_en.html,
I have photographed flowers. Couldn’t be sure of it earlier.

Family: Oleaceae

Yes, thank you sir.