Family: Phyllanthaceae Common Name: Mootipazham Conservation Status: Rare Key characters: Medium-sized dioecious trees; Flowers borne on the main trunk, dense towards the base. A medium evergreen tree. Plants dioecious, 10-15 m high. Flowers red, borne in dense clusters of catkins on the main trunk, almost covering the trunk. Mail flowers remain for 4-5 days, whereas […]
Family: Leguminosae; sub family Caesalpinioideae Common name: Karapongu Conservation status: Endangered Key characters: Medium-sized riparian tree; leaves pinnate with4 pairs of leaflets. A medium tree, along riversides at 300-700 m alt. from Karnataka southwards. Seen in small populations as a riparian element. Plants 10-15 m high. Leaves pinnate, creamy white and drooping when young; leaflets […]
Family: Leguminosae; Sub Family : Caesalpinioideae Common Name: Kattasokam Conservation Status: Endangered Key characters: Small tree; leaves pinnate with 2 pairs of leaflets; leaflets with prominent domatia. A small and highly ornamental tree found distributed north to Palghat Gap and seen up to Uduppi Hills in Karnataka. Seen in small populations distributed in the above-said […]
Family: Anacardiaceae Common name: Chenkurinji, Shendurini, Thodappi. Conservation Status (IUCN Red List): Near Threatened (NT) Key characters: Spathulate shyning leaves, crowded at tip of branchlets and woody warted globose fruits. A large evergreen tree of the family Anacardiaceae (Mango family). The tree endemic to the Western Ghats and found naturally restricted to south of Aryankavu […]