Strombosia ceylanica Gardner

 
  • Family : OLACACEAE
    (Olax Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : DHENIANI FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System IV) : Olacaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Lavallea ceylanica (Gardner) Baill.; Strombosia leprosa (Dalzell) Talbot
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Strombosia ceylanica Gardner
  • Vernacular name :
    • Kalkadambu, Kalmanikkam (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests, Tropical semi-evergreen forests
  • Comments / notes : Distributed in climax evergreen forests of Western Ghats
  • Key identification features : Branches whorled, horizontal and pendulous. Bark greyish; leaves oblong-lanceolate, shining, rounded at apex. Flowers small, greenish-white. Fruit purplish-green.
  • Flower, Fruit : December-April
  • Collection Nos : KFP 7604, KFP 14120, BSI 97318
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Dakshina Kannada district, Shivamogga district, Uttara Kannada district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Udupi district
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Maharashtra : Pune district, Ratnagiri district, Sindhudurg district
    • Tamil Nadu : Tirunelveli district, Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR), Coimbatore district
  • Native : Borneo, India, Jawa, Malaya, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Thailand
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • Endemism : Southwest India
  • World Distribution : Borneo, India, Jawa, Malaya, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Thailand
  • Conservation Status : Rare (R)
  • Literature :
    • Saldanha, C. J. 1996. Flora of Karnataka vol. 2
    • N.P. Singh & S. Karthikeyan 2000. Flora of Maharashtra vol 1
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
    • Sharma B.D, 1984 - Flora of Karnataka Analysis
    • K.Ravikumar, A.C.Tangavelou, & Navendu Page. (2021). Seed plants of Karnataka, India: A concise dictionary. FRLHT-TDU, National Biodiversity Authority (NBA), Chennai.
  • Read more :
  • Permalink : https://indiatrees-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Strombosia ceylanica
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Trees and Vegetation Types. Strombosia ceylanica. Downloaded on 3 October 2026.

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