Pan India Bouquets

Eriolaena wallichii DC.

Family : Sterculiaceae
(Mallow Or Hibiscus Family)
Family (Hindi name) : GURHAL FAMILY (गुड़हल फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Malvaceae
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Eriolaena wallichii DC.
Habit : Tree
Habitat : Occasional in moist dense forest
Comments / notes : Wood used for gunstocks, paddles and rice pounders.
Flower, Fruit : March-October
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- West Bengal : Darjeeling district
Native : China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Nepal to China (Yunnan)
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 87; GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 1. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 206; Chandramohan K., Mahesh Y., Rambabu K. and E. Kiran (2020). A taxonomic revision of the genus Eriolaena (Malvaceae) in India. Annals of Plant Sciences 9.1 pp.3681-3692
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Eriolaena wallichii. Downloaded on 28 May 2023.