Category: C

Chukrasia tabularis A. Juss. (MELIACEAE) Common namesEnglish: Chittagong wood.Malayalam: Akil.Tamil: Aglay, Maleiveppu.Telugu: Madagari vembu. Description: Towering trees reaching heights of up to 30 meters, adorned with reddish-brown bark. Leaves pinnately compound, alternate, up to 50 cm long; leaflets 10-20, subopposite or alternate, ovate-oblong to elliptic-lanceolate, up to 15 x 8 cm, inequilateral at base, acuminate…

Chasalia ophioxyloides (Wallich) Craib (RUBIACEAE) Description: Compact shrubs reaching a maximum height of 2 meters; the branchlets are cylindrical. The leaves are positioned opposite each other, elliptic-lanceolate, or elliptic-ovate in shape, measuring 4 to 13 centimeters in length and 2.0 to 6.5 centimeters in width. They are membranous, tapering at the base (cuneate), and slightly…

Cerbera odollam Gaertner (APOCYNACEAE) Common namesKannada: Chindae mara, Hondae.Malayalam: Utalam.Tamil: Kadama, Kat arali. Description: Small glabrous trees, 10-12 m tall with acrid milky poisonous juice; grey, soft bark. Leaves alternate, lanceolate, oblanceolate or oblong-obovate, 12-25 x 4-12 cm, suddenly acuminate, much tapering to the base, glabrous, bright green, black when dry; main nerves numerous; petioles…

Careya arborea Roxb. (LECYTHIDACEAE) Common namesKannada: Daddala, Kavalu mara.Tulu: Daddala.Malayalam: Perzha.Tamil: Ayma, Kumbi.Telugu: Gadava. Description: Deciduous trees up to 10 m tall. Leaves alternate, crowded at the ends of branches, obovate, up to 22 x 15 cm, cuneate at base, rounded or shortly acuminate at apex, margins crenate. Flowers in spikes, sessile, large, showy, ca…

Calamus vattayila Renuka (PALMAE) Common namesKannada: Devara betha.Malayalam: Ottaman, Vattayilayan.Tamil: Maniperambu. Description: Solitary, high climbing canes, stem up to 30 m long. Leaves up to 1 m long; ecirrate; petioles up to 25 cm long, spiny; rachis with 3 rows of claw-like spines; sheath dark green, sparingly spiny, spines up to 2 cm long; knee…

Calamus travancoricus Beddome ex Becc. & Hook. f. (PALMAE) Common namesKannada: Kiri betha.Malayalam: Arichural. Description: Clustering, very slender, high climbing canes; stems to 15 m or more in length. Leaves up to 45 cm long, ecirrate; petioles up to 11 cm long, spiny; rachis with claw-like spines; sheath green, spiny, spines ca 5 mm long,…

Calamus thwaitesii Becc. & Hook. f. (PALMAE)= C. thwaitesii Becc. var. canarana Becc. Common namesKannada: Hanid betha.Malayalam: Pannichural, Vandichural, Thatiyanchural.Tamil: Thadiperambu. Description: Vigorous, grouped in clusters, and capable of climbing to considerable heights, the stems can reach lengths of up to 20 meters or even more. Leaves up to 3 m long, ecirrate; petioles up…

Calamus pseudotenuis Becc. & Hook. f. (PALMAE) Common nameTamil: Perumperambu. Description: Clustering, high climbing canes; stem 5-7 m long. Leaves up to 1.6 m long, ecirrate; petioles up to 22 cm long spiny; rachis spiny; sheath yellowish green, brown tomentose, densely spiny, spines up to 3.5 cm long, yellow, intermingled with thin smaller spines, mouth…

Calamus prasinus Lakshmana & Renuka (PALMAE) Common nameKannada: Onti betha. Description: Solitary, high climbing canes; stems to 30 m long. Leaves up to 2.5 m long, ecirrate, petioles up to 30 cm long, armed with small prickles, underneath of petioles and underneath of rachis armed with recurved spines; petioles and rachis exude milky juice when…

Calamus nagabettai Fernandez & Dey. (PALMAE) Common nameKannada: Naga betha. Description: Robust, clustering, high climbing canes; stems to 25 m or more long. Leaves up to 5 m long, upper ones cirrate, cirrus armed with claws; juvenile leaves brown; petioles up to 45 cm long, spiny; rachis spiny; sheaths yellowish green to green, brown tomentose…