Taxon:
Dillenia indica L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:535. 1753
Verified:
05/12/1995
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Burkill, H. M. 1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa.
- DeFilipps, R. A. 1992. Ornamental garden plants of the Guianas Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC.
- Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications. 2:91.
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). URL: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Dillenia+indica&quantity=1
- Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
- Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
- Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
- Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana.
- Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. 180.
Common names
English
dillenia – elephant-apple – India
chalta – karambel – Portuguese
fruta-estrela – Portuguese (Brazil)
árvore-da-pataca – árvore-do-dinheiro – dilênia – flor-de-abril –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Yunnan Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Vietnam | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
Native
Asia-Temperate
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CHINA:
China [Yunnan Sheng]
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India, Sri Lanka
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INDO-CHINA:
Thailand, Vietnam
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MALESIA:
Indonesia, Malaysia
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening |
Food additives | flavoring | | Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications. 2:91. |
Materials | tannin/dyestuff | source of a red dye | Burkill, H. M. 1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. |