Pan India Bouquets

Diploknema butyracea (Roxb.) H.J.Lam

Family : Sapotaceae
(Sapodilla Family)
Family (Hindi name) : CHIKOO FAMILY (चीकू फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Sapotaceae
Basionym : Bassia butyracea Roxb.
Synonym(s) : Aesandra butyracea (Roxb.) Baehni; Illipe butyracea (Roxb.) Engl.; Madhuca butyracea (Roxb.) J.F.Macbr.; Mixandra butyracea (Roxb.) Pierre ex Dubard; Vidoricum butyraceum (Roxb.) Kuntze
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Diploknema butyracea (Roxb.) H.J.Lam
Common name : Indian Butter Tree
Vernacular name : Phalwara, Phulvara, Phulwa (Hindi); Benne Mara (Kannada); Madhuka, Madhukapuspi (Sanskrit)
Habit : Tree
Habitat : Subtropical and warm broad-leaved forests; 820 - 1370 m. altitude
Comments / notes : Fruit edible and yielding useful oil; bark used as fish poison.
Flower, Fruit : July-December
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : East Sikkim (Gangtok) district,South Sikkim (Namchi) district
- West Bengal : Darjeeling district
- Arunachal Pradesh : TWG
Native : Bhutan, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Uttarakhand to Assam, South-East Tibet, Andaman Islands
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 169; GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 2. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 573
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Diploknema butyracea. Downloaded on 6 December 2022.

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