Chionanthus mala-elengi (Dennst.) P.S.Green, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 26: 124 1984 publ. 1985. (Synonym: Chionanthus malabaricus (Wall. ex G.Don) Bedd.; Forsythia mala-elengi Dennst.; Ligustrum microphylla (J. Graham) S.M. Almeida; Ligustrum microphyllum (J.Graham) S.M.Almeida [Illegitimate]; Linociera malabarica Wall. ex G.Don; Mayepea malabarica (Wall. ex G.Don) Kuntze; Phillyrea microphylla J.Graham); Indian Subcontinent to Indo-China and Sumatera as per WCSP; kye-oh-NAN-thus -- snow-white flowers ... Dave's Botanary ¿ mah-luh-AY-len-jai ? -- derived from Malabar name of the plant commonly known as: Malabar fringe tree • Kannada: ಹರಿಯಾಗೆ hariyaage, ಮೈಸಾಲೆ maisaale, ತಗಡಲಿ tagadali • Malayalam: മലഇലഞ്ഞി mala-elengi • Marathi: हेड्डी heddi• Tamil: சொர்கிலி sorkili Habit- Small trees up to 8 m tall. Trunk & Bark- Bark grey, smooth shining, covered with raised corky lenticels; blaze dull orange. Branches and branchlets- Young branchlets subterete, glabrous, whitish. Leaves- Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; petiole 0.5-1.2 cm long, canaliculate, glabrous; lamina 5-14.5 x 2.5-5 cm, elliptic-obovate, apex abruptly acuminate or sometimes rounded, base cuneate, margin entire or slightly revolute, coriaceous, drying olive green, glabrous beneath; midrib canaliculate above; secondary nerves very slender, nearly parallel; tertiary and higher order nerves obscure. Inflorescence / Flower- Inflorescence few flowered cymes or on axillary fascicles; slender peduncles; flowers sessile, yellowish white. Fruit and Seed- Drupe, ellipsoid, or ovoid, 1.5 cm long; seed one. Understorey trees in disturbed evergreen to semievergreen forests, up to 1000 m. Peninsular India; in the Western Ghats- throughout. (Attributions- B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry from India Biodiversity Portal) ID confirmation MS310311 -23 - ID requested: I am attaching the photographs of a tree (medium sized) for confirmation of ID. The photos ware taken on 27.12.2010 in Kabballi, near Shimoga. Shimoga is in the Western Ghats of Karnataka.
-This could be Chionanthus mala-elengi (Dennst.) P.S.Green <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-367461> - Yes Chionanthus mala-elengi from the family Oleaceae More info from the link below http://www.biotik.org/india/species/c/chiomala/chiomala_en.html <http://www.biotik.org/india/species/c/chiomala/chiomala_en.html> Chionanthus mala-elengi: Today at Kanakeshwar, Alibag Chionanthus mala-elengi Local Marathi name: Heddi Agumbe Ghat (part of Someshwara Wildlife Sanctuary) ... Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka Date: 28 DEC 2014 ... Altitude: about 600 m asl at crest, about 250 m asl at foothill Chionanthus mala-elengi (Dennst.) P.S.Green ... (family: Oleaceae) Wonderful ANAPR29 Chionanthus mala-elengi (Dennst.) P.S.Green : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Family: Oleaceae Date: March 2015 Place: Aralam WLS, Kerala Habit: Tree Habit, leaves and flowers can be seen at this link. Beautiful.
Please identify this small tree.... flowers similar to Mimusops.. from Kannur, Kerala.. riparian habitat Chionanthus sp. Chionanthus sp Chionanthus species in eFloraofindia (with details/ keys from published papers/ regional floras/ FRLHT/ FOI/ Biotik/ efloras/ books etc., where ever available on net) Chionanthus mala-elengi
Names of Plants in India :: Chionanthus mala-elengi (Dennst.) P.S.Green : 4 posts by 3 authors.     kye-oh-NAN-thus -- snow-white flowers ... Dave's Botanary ¿ mah-luh-AY-len-jai ? -- derived from Malabar name of the plant commonly known as: Malabar fringe tree • Kannada: ಹರಿಯಾಗೆ hariyaage, ಮೈಸಾಲೆ maisaale, ತಗಡಲಿ tagadali • Malayalam: മലഇലഞ്ഞി mala-elengi • Marathi: हेड्डी heddi• Tamil: சொர்கிலி sorkili botanical names: Chionanthus mala-elengi (Dennst.) P.S.Green ... synonyms: Chionanthus malabaricus (Wall. ex G.Don) Bedd. • Forsythia mala-elengi Dennst. • Linociera malabarica Wall. ex G.Don • Mayepea malabarica (Wall. ex G.Don) Kuntze • Phillyrea microphylla J.Graham ... The Plants List (2013). Version 1.1. Thanks, ..., for the beautiful compilation. ANJAN03/03 Please identify this tree : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (8) Date: 28th December 2014 Place: Someshwara Wildlife Sanctuary Habit: Short tree I am not sure if what I have photographed are flowers or dehisced fruits. Either way, they were sweetly scented and came away from the stalk very easily. Could this be Chionanthus mala-elengi ?? Thank you very much sir. So looking at the photos in this- http://biotik.org/india/species/c/chiomala/chiomala_en.html, I have photographed flowers. Couldn't be sure of it earlier.Family: Oleaceae Yes, thank you sir.
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