Pan India Bouquets

Schima wallichii (DC.) Korth.

Family : Theaceae
(Tea Family)
Family (Hindi name) : CHAAY FAMILY (चाय फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Theaceae
Basionym : Gordonia wallichii DC.
Synonym(s) : Gordonia floribunda Wall.; Gordonia mollis Wall.; Schima bancana Miq.; Schima hypochra Pierre; Schima mollis Dyer; Schima rigida Miq.; Schima sericea Airy Shaw
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Schima wallichii (DC.) Korth.
Common name : Needlewood Tree, Schima
Vernacular name : Usoi (Manipuri); Khiang (Mizo); Makria (Assamese); Chilauni (Bengali); Kapaiwon (Tangkhul)
Habit : Tree
Comments / notes : Large tree; cultivated
Key identification features : Flowers white, fragrant, 3-4 cm across. Sepals rounded. Five white petals are broadly ovate and rounded.
Flower, Fruit : February-March
Distribution :
- Meghalaya : East Khasi Hills (Shillong) district
Native : India, Bangladesh, Borneo, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sumatera, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
Exotic/Native : Native
Literature : Photographs of K.Sankara Rao
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Schima wallichii. Downloaded on 28 March 2023.