Polyalthia parkinsonii Hutch.

 
  • Family : ANNONACEAE
    (Custard Apple Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : SITAPHAL FAMILY (सीताफल फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System IV) : Annonaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Guatteria glauca (Hassk.) Miq.; Guatteria hypoleuca Miq.; Monoon glaucum (Hassk.) Miq.; Polyalthia glauca (Hassk.) F.Muell.; Polyalthia merrittii (Merr.) Merr.; Unona merrittii Merr.; Uvaria glauca Hassk.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Maasia glauca (Hassk.) Mols, Kessler & Rogstad
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Inland forests.
  • Comments / notes : Uncommon but not rare. Easily recognised by its glaucous and almost veinless leaves. Wood rather soft, light yellowish when freshly cut.
  • Key identification features : An elegant tree with a greyish bark, cut light brown, mealy-fibrous, Leaves 4-8 in. long, broad, oblong to oblong-elliptic or oblong-lanceolate, base rounded or obtuse, glabrous, dark green above, glaucous beneath; lateral nerves hardly visible. Flowers 0.5 in. long, on slender reddish pedicels 1in. long, from nodules on the branchlets below the leaves. Ripe carpels 0.25 in. diam., almost globular, 3-7 from a flower.
  • Flower, Fruit : February-March
  • Distribution :
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : North and Middle Andaman,South Andaman,Ritchie\'s Archipelago taluk (Havelock Island), Great Nicobar Island
  • Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Borneo, Jawa, Malaya, Maluku, New Guinea, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • Endemism : Asia
  • Literature :
    • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 76
    • B. K. Sinha. (1999). Flora of Great Nicobar Island (P. K. Hajra & P. S. N. Rao, Eds.). Botanical Survey of India.
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  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Trees and Vegetation Types. Polyalthia parkinsonii. Downloaded on 4 October 2026.

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