• Family : FLACOURTIACEAE
  (Flacourtia Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : CHILLA FAMILY (चिल्ला फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System IV) : Salicaceae
• Synonym(s) : Guidonia tomentosa (Roxb.) Kurz; Casearia tomentosa Roxb.
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Casearia tomentosa Roxb.
• Vernacular name :
  • Allemari, Sillangi (Kannada)
  • Chilaka-doddi (Telugu)
  • Kadichai (Tamil)
  • Benimonj, Girari, Kakra, Kaukada, Majo, Khokhoda (Oria)
  • Chilla, Karei (Marathi)
  • Anakkarana, Annavananni, Cherukanali, Vapunnakannan (Malayalam)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Tropical moist deciduous forests and forest plantations
• Comments / notes : Occasional along streams in dry deciduous forests, up to 960m alt. The plant extracts are used in local medicine.
• Key identification features : Flowers greenish yellow; Capsule more or less succulent.
• Flower, Fruit : February-August
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Seshachalam Hills (Chittoor district), Srikakulam district (Srikakulam district), Nallamalai Hills (Kurnool district), Addateegala Forest, Kutranda (East Godavari district)
  • Karnataka : Hassan district, Ballari district, Belagavi district, Chikkamagaluru district, Chitradurga district, Dharwad district, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Uttara Kannada district
  • Kerala : Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district
  • Maharashtra : Aurangabad district, Chandrapur district, Dhule district, Gadchiroli district, Nagpur district, Pune district, Nashik district, Ratnagiri district, Sindhudurg district, Thane district, Yavatmal district
  • Odisha : All disricts of Odisha in scrub and low elevations
  • Tamil Nadu : Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Coimbatore district, Dharmapuri district, Madurai district, The Nilgiri district, Ramanathapuram district, SL, Villipuram district, Cuddalore district, Thanjavur district, Tiruchirapalli district
  • Madhya Pradesh : Madhya Pradesh
  • Himachal Pradesh : Sirmaur district
  • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
  • Assam : Assam
  • Nagaland : Nagaland
  • Delhi : Delhi
  • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • Punjab : Punjab
  • Mizoram : Mizoram
  • Manipur : Manipur
  • Tripura : Tripura
• Native : Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
• Exotic/Native : Native
• World Distribution : Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
• 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
  • R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
  • R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
  • H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
  • N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
  • Franklin Benjamin & G.V.S.Murthy, 2013. Flora of Sri Venkateswara National Park, Andhra Pradesh, BSI.
  • Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
  • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
  • Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
  • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Flora of Himachal Pradesh. Volume 1, Botanical Survey of India, 1984. Pg.: 81
  • 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 :
  • GBIF Data Online (Access to herbarium specimens)
  • Plants of the World Online
  • World Flora Online
  • Global Plants on JSTOR
• Permalink : https://indiatrees-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Casearia elliptica
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Trees and Vegetation Types. Casearia elliptica. Downloaded on 4 October 2026.

Botanical Description

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Distribution District wise

India Distribution

World Distribution

GBIF Distribution