Pan India Bouquets

Chionanthus ramiflorus Roxb.

Family : Oleaceae
(Olive Or Jasmine Family)
Family (Hindi name) : MOGRA FAMILY (मोगरा फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Oleaceae
Synonym(s) : Chionanthus effusiflorus F.Muell.; Chionanthus intermedius (Wight) F.Muell.; Chionanthus macrophyllus (Wall. ex G.Don) Blume; Chionanthus macrophyllus var. attenuatus (C.B.Clarke) K.K.N.Nair & K.P.Janardh.; Chionanthus palembanicus Miq.; Chionanthus paniculatus (Roxb.) K.K.N.Nair & K.P.Janardh.; Chionanthus paniculatus var. roxburghii (Spreng.) K.K.N.Nair & K.P.Janardh.; Chionanthus pauciflorus (Wall. ex G.Don) Bennet & Raizada; Chionanthus pauciflorus var. evolutior (C.B.Clarke) K.K.N.Nair & K.P.Janardh.; Chionanthus pauciflorus var. palembanicus (Miq.) Bennet & Raizada; Chionanthus picrophloius F.Muell.; Chionanthus ramiflorus var. grandiflorus B.M.Miao; Chionanthus ramiflorus var. palembanicus (Miq.) P.Daniel; Chionanthus ramiflorus var. peninsularis K.Ravik. & Lakshm.; Chionanthus roxburghii (Spreng.) S.K.Srivast. & S.L.Kapoor; Chionanthus roxburghii var. intermedius (Wight) S.K.Srivast. & S.L.Kapoor; Chionanthus tenuiflorus Wall. ex DC.; Linociera cumingiana S.Vidal; Linociera effusiflora F.Muell.; Linociera intermedia Wight; Linociera macrophylla Wall. ex G.Don; Linociera oblonga Wall. ex G.Don; Linociera pauciflora (Wall. ex G.Don) C.B.Clarke; Linociera ramiflora (Roxb.) Wall.; Linociera ramiflora var. grandiflora (B.M.Miao) B.M.Miao; Mayepea cumingiana (S.Vidal) Merr.; Mayepea intermedia (Wight) Kuntze; Mayepea palembanica (Miq.) Kuntze; Mayepea pauciflora (Wall. ex G.Don) Kuntze; Mayepea picrophloia (F.Muell.) F.Muell.; Mayepea ramiflora (Roxb.) F.Muell.; Olea attenuata Wall. ex G.Don; Olea floribunda Benth.; Olea paniculata Roxb.; Olea pauciflora Wall. ex G.Don; Olea roxburghiana Schult.;Olea roxburghii Spreng.; Phillyrea ramiflora Roxb. ex C.B.Clarke
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Chionanthus ramiflorus Roxb.
Vernacular name : Satapala, Cedaneredu, Verri pogada, Kurma Gochh, Kurwa (Telugu); Masur danta, Suliuli kuda (Oria); Musiladi, perumsithudakkai (Tamil); Kaattuchakkalathi, Vellaedali (Malayalam)
Habit : Tree
Habitat : Subtropical moist deciduous, evergreen, shola forest and terai forests; 300 - 2000 m. altitude
Comments / notes : Frequent near streams, On hills above 800m and around shola borders.
Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- West Bengal : Darjeeling district,Alipurduar district,Jalpaiguri district,Cooch Behar district
Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Tropical and subtropical Asia to North Queensland
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 170; 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: 596
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Chionanthus ramiflorus. Downloaded on 6 June 2023.

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