Chaetocarpus castanicarpus (Roxb.) Thwaites

 
  • Family : PERACEAE
    (Sedge Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BARA-NAGAR-MOTHA FAMILY (बड़ा नागर मोथा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System IV) : Peraceae
  • Synonym(s) : Adelia castanicarpa Roxb.; Chaetocarpus castanicarpus var. genuinus Müll.Arg.; Gaedawakka castanicarpa (Roxb.) Kuntze; Chaetocarpus pungens Thwaites; Regnaldia clutioides Baill.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Chaetocarpus castanicarpus (Roxb.) Thwaites
  • Habit : Tree
  • Key identification features : An evergreen middle-sized tree; leaves leathery, alternate, entire, penninerved, ovate or elongate-elliptic, blade 10-20 cm long; flowers small, diÅ“cious, apetalous, in axillary clusters, sepals 4 imbricate in pairs, hairy outside, disk lobed; stamens in male flowers 8, lower portion of filaments combined into a slender column; capsule greenish yellow, 2-2.3 cm long, densely clothed with tawny, stiff bristles.
  • Distribution :
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman Islands
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Andaman Islands, India, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
  • Literature :
    • Brandis Dietrich. Indian trees, Constable and company Ltd, London, 1921. Pg.: 582 https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2514252738
  • Read more :
  • Permalink : https://indiatrees-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Chaetocarpus castanicarpus
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Trees and Vegetation Types. Chaetocarpus castanicarpus. Downloaded on 4 October 2026.

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