Alangium salviifolium (L.f.) Wangerin

 
  • Family : ALANGIACEAE
    (Alangium Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : AKOL FAMILY (अकोल फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System IV) : Cornaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Alangium salviifolium (L.f.) Wangerin
  • Common name : Sage-leaved Alangium
  • Vernacular name :
    • Angol, Dhela, Akola (Hindi)
    • Ankola mara (Kannada)
    • Alingilai, Alingi (Tamil)
    • Ankolamu, Udugu, Ooduga, Ankolamu, Urgu, Nalla Uduga (Telugu)
    • Aisa, Dhala ankol, Ankula (Oria)
    • Ankolah (Sanskrit)
    • Ankodam, Ankolam, Ankolika, Arinjil, Azhinni, Irinjil, Karankolam, Kimri (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Tropical dry deciduous forests, Littoral forests
  • Comments / notes : On foothills to 900m, less in plains. Sometimes along forest borders and road cuttings across ghats, also grown in homesteads
  • Flower, Fruit : February-June
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Chittoor district, Y.S.R. Kadapa district, East Godavari district, Guntur district, Krishna district, Kurnool district, S.P.S. Nellore district, Prakasam district, Srikakulam district, Visakhapatnam district, Vizianagaram district, West Godavari district
    • Telangana : Nalgonda district, Khammam district, Mahbubnagar district
    • Karnataka : All districts of Karnataka
    • Kerala : Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Kottayam district, Alappuzha district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Maharashtra : Palghar district
    • Odisha : Angul district, Balasore district, Bargarh district, Balangir district, Boudh district, Cuttack district, Deogarh district, Dhenkanal district, Gajapati district, Ganjam district, Kalahandi district, Kandhamal district, Kendrapara district, Kendujhar district, Khordha district, Koraput district, Malkangiri district, Mayurbhanj district, Puri district, Rayagada district, Sambalpur district, Sundargarh district
    • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Dindigul district, Dharmapuri district, Kancheepuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Karur district, Krishnagiri district, Madurai district, Namakkal district, Pudukkottai district, Sivaganga district, Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tiruvannamalai district, Villipuram district, Vellore district
    • Madhya Pradesh : Madhya Pradesh
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman Islands
  • Native : Bangladesh, Comoros, India, Kenya, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tanzania
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, Comoros, India, Kenya, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tanzania
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1
    • R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
    • R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
    • H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
    • Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
    • Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Saldanha, C.J. (1996). Flora of Karnataka vol. 2. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi
    • Gowda, 2004 - Sringeri
    • Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 – Flora of Bangalore
    • Seetharam et al., 2000 – Flora of Gulbarga
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg
    • Sharma B.D, 1984 - Flora of Karnataka Analysis
    • N.P.Singh, 1988- Flora of Eastern Karnataka.
    • K.Ravikumar, A.C.Tangavelou, & Navendu Page. (2021). Seed plants of Karnataka, India: A concise dictionary. FRLHT-TDU, National Biodiversity Authority (NBA), Chennai.
    • K. Karthigeyan, R. P. Pandey, & A. A. Mao (Eds.). (2023). Flora of Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Vol. 2). Director, Botanical Survey of India.
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