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 […]
Oonapoo”, Impatiens chinensis L. (Balsaminaceae) A small herb is native to Indomalaya, common onsides of paddy fields and streamsides. The stem is reddish in colour. Flowers very beautiful, pink.
Artocarpus hirsutus Lam., Wild Jack or Jungle Jack is a tropical evergreen tree endemic to Western Ghats- South, Central and Maharashtra Sahyadris. It is commonly known as ‘Anjili’ in Malayalam. It’s known as ‘Ayini’ or ‘Ayiniplavu’ in Kerala and its edible delicious fruit is ‘Ayanichakka’. The orange colored pulpy and juicy small fruits can be […]