Siphonodon celastrineus Griff.

 
  • Family : SIPHONODONTACEAE
    (Siphonodon Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : SIPHONODON FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System IV) : Celastraceae
  • Synonym(s) : Hydnocarpus sharmae P.S.N.Rao & Sreek.; Siphonodon celastrineus var. acuminatissimus Merr.; Siphonodon celastrineus var. subglobosus Merr.; Siphonodon pyriformis Merr.; Siphonodon pyriformis var. parvifolius Merr.; Xanthophyllum subglobosum Elmer; Xanthophyllum subglobosum var. longifolium Elmer
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Siphonodon celastrineus Griff.
  • Habit : Tree
  • Flower, Fruit : April-February
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Visakhapatnam district, East Godavari district
    • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • West Bengal : West Bengal
    • Bihar : Bihar
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : North and South Andaman
  • Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : E. Himalaya to New Guinea
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
    • Sudhakar Reddy, C et al., 2009. Tree Wealth of Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India
    • Dash, S. S., & Mao, A. A. (Eds.). (2018). Flowering Plants of India: An Annotated Checklist-Dicotyledons Volume I. Director, Botanical Survey of India.
    • 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.
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  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Trees and Vegetation Types. Siphonodon celastrineus. Downloaded on 3 October 2026.

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