Annual Progress Report on Flora of Arunachal Pradesh
Project 4a: Materials of the Flora of Arunachal Pradesh, Vol. 4
Executing scientist - Dr Manas R. Debta
Duration: July 2019-March 2021
Number of
Number of Number of
Family
Total number
75
Genera
349
Таха
375
Each taxon is cited by current nomenclature and accompanied with a brief description along
with their habitat, ecology and local name, if any.
Format of a description
(Flacourtiaceae)
Homalium ceylanicum (Gardner) Benth., J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 4: 35. 1859. Blakwellia ceylanica Gardner, Calcutta
J. Nat. Hist. 7: 452. 1847. Homalium minutiflorum Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 41: 308. 1872. H.
ceylanicum subsp. minutiflorum (Kurz) R.L. Mitra, Fl. India 2: 411. 1993; S.S. Dash, Fl. Kurung Kumey 343. 2017. H.
bhamoense Cubit & W.W. Sm., Rec. Bot. Surv. India 6: 36. 1914; G.D. Pal, Fl. Low. Subansiri 1: 105. 2013. H.
bhamoense var. debbarmanii P.C. Kanjilal in Kanjial et al., Fl. Assam 1: 85. 1934. H. ceylanicum var. debbarmanii
(P.C. Kanjilal) H.B.Naithani & S.Biswas in H.B.Naithani, Flow. Pl. India, Nepal & Bhutan 49. 1990.
Medium to large trees; bark smooth; branchlets grayish pubescent. Leaves simple, petiolate, elliptic-oblong or
elliptic, margins entire. Flowers yellowish white or cream, in clusters, borne on axillary, pendulous racemes.
Fls. & Frts.: March - Dec.
Distrib.: Kurung Kumey, Lower Subanasiri; between 500-1800 m; in primary forests, usually on slopes and ridges.View entire presentation