Pittosporum ferrugineum W.T.Aiton

 
  • Family : PITTOSPORACEAE
    (Pittosporum Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : AGNI FAMILY (अग्नि फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System IV) : Pittosporaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Pittosporum ferrugineum W.T.Aiton
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Growing primarily in the wet tropical biomes and coastal beaches.
  • Comments / notes : Rare in Tropical evergreen forests. Sadddle peak
  • Key identification features : A spreading, much-branched tree, 10 m tall; dbh c. 15 cm, often slanting almost horizontally towards rivers (riparian). Outer bark light brown. Branchlets, young leaves, inflorescence, twigs, midrib, and fruit rusty-pubescent with scurfy brown hairs. Crushed twigs fragrant. Leaves dark green above, pale green beneath, alternate to pseudowhorled. Flowers 6 mm across, in lax pedunculate compound corymbs; sepals narrow, acuminate. Fruit yellow, dehiscent with 4 lobes; seeds many and bright red.
  • Distribution :
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Saddle peak in N. Andaman, Car Nicobar in N. Nicobar
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Australia, Bismarck Archipelago, Caroline Islands, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku, New Guinea, Philippines, Sulawesi
  • Literature :
    • Chintala, Sudhakar Reddy. (2013). Flora of North Andaman Islands, India. Biodiversity in India. 6. 111-208. Pg.: 18
    • Brandis Dietrich. Indian trees, Constable and company Ltd, London, 1921. Pg.: 43
    • https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2515105755
    • 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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  • Permalink : https://indiatrees-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Pittosporum ferrugineum
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Trees and Vegetation Types. Pittosporum ferrugineum. Downloaded on 3 October 2026.

Botanical Description

Distribution District wise

India Distribution

World Distribution

GBIF Distribution
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