Miliusa jainii Goel & S.C.Sharma

 
  • Family : ANNONACEAE
    (Custard-Apple Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : SITAPHAL FAMILY (सीताफल फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System IV) : Annonaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Miliusa mukerjeeana Debika Mitra & Chakr.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Miliusa parviflora Ridl.
  • Habit : Shrub or Tree
  • Habitat : Coastal forests
  • Key identification features : Small tree, bark light grey; Leaves thin, lanceolate, acuminate, margins undulate, glabrous except in young leaves, 2–24 inches long and about 1 inch wide; Flowers solitary, extra-axillary, small, green, pedicel slender, about 0.5 inch long, pubescent; Sepals very small, ovate, acute, pubescent; Outer petals similar to sepals in form and indumentum, inner petals 3, ovate-triangular, blunt, pubescent outside, about 1 inch long, green; Stamens few, anthers oblong with two separate cells, connective appendage triangular, short and erect, not overlapping others; Ovaries 8, silky, style thick, cylindrical; Fruit about 0.5 inch long, oblong, blunt; Seeds 1-3 per carpel, flattened, elliptic.
  • Distribution :
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman Islands
  • Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India, Laos, Malaya, Sumatera, Thailand
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Indo-China to Sumatera
  • Literature :
    • 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. Miliusa jainii. Downloaded on 3 October 2026.

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