- Family : ROSACEAE
(Rose Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : GULAB FAMILY (गुलाब फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System IV) : Rosaceae
- Basionym : Polydontia ceylanica Wight
- Synonym(s) : Prunus ceylanica var. parvifolia (Thwaites) Tirveng.; Pygeum acuminatum Colebr.; Pygeum ceylanicum (Wight) Dalzell & A.Gibson; Pygeum cochinchinense J.E.Vidal; Pygeum denudatum Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.; Pygeum gardneri Hook.f.; Pygeum glaberrimum Hook.f.; Pygeum parvifolium Gardner ex Thwaites; Pygeum parvifolium (Hook.f.) Koehne; Pygeum plagiocarpum Koehne; Pygeum sisparense Gamble; Pygeum tenuinerve Koehne; Pygeum wightianum Blume; Pygeum zeylanicum Gaertn.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Prunus ceylanica (Wight) Miq.
- Common name : Indian Wild Cherry, Himalyan Cheryy
- Vernacular name :
- Arthanaarikongu, Erattikkuchi, Irumpukkanni (Tamil)
- Attanaripongu, Irattani, Karmavu, Naikambagam, Korandamaram, Rettiyan (Malayalam)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Moist shady places along streams, Tropical semi-evergreen forests, Tropical moist deciduous forests
- Comments / notes : Occasional along moist shaded valleys up to 1000m. Abundant in sholas.
- Flower, Fruit : September-April
- Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy, Noel Sebastian
- Collection Date : 11/11/2018
- Collection Nos : HJCB-1827
- Collection Locality : Chinnar WLS, Idukki, Kerala
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Visakhapatnam district, East Godavari district
- Karnataka : Belagavi district, Chikkamagaluru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district
- Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Maharashtra : Satara district
- Odisha : Kalahandi district, Angul district, Sundargarh district, Ganjam district, Mayurbhanj district
- Tamil Nadu : Salem district, Namakkal district, Dharmapuri district, Coimbatore district, Dindigul district, The Nilgiri district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tirunelveli district, Megamalai Wildlife Sanctuary (Theni district)
- West Bengal : Darjeeling district
- Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Goplakabang, Andaman Islands
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Indo-Malesia
- Conservation Status : Endangered (EN)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1.
- 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
- Herbarium specimens from Chinnar WLS, Idukki, Kerala
- Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 162
- Deb, D.B. (1981) The Flora of Tripura State. Vol. 2. Today and Tomorrow’s Printers and Publishers, New Delhi
- K.Ravikumar, A.C.Tangavelou, & Navendu Page. (2021). Seed plants of Karnataka, India: A concise dictionary. FRLHT-TDU, National Biodiversity Authority (NBA), Chennai.
- P. S. N. Rao, P. M. Padhey, B. K. Sinha, H. S. Debnath, P. Lakshminarasimhan, & L. N. Ray. (1999). Flora of Andaman-Nicobar Islands (Vol. 1). Director, Botanical Survey of India.
- Read more :
- Permalink : https://indiatrees-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Prunus ceylanica
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Trees and Vegetation Types. Prunus ceylanica. Downloaded on 4 October 2026.
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