Rutaceae Week :: Melicope lunu-ankenda at Anshi

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Dinesh Valke

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May 8, 2012, 3:55:04 PM5/8/12
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Melicope lunu-ankenda (Gaertn.) T.G. Hartley


  • mel-ee-KO-pay -- from the Greek meli (honey) and kope (a division)
    ¿ loon-yoo-UN-kan-duh ? -- derivation obscure
    ... Dave's Botanary

Bok (Marathi: बोक)
Feb 21, 2012 ... along Anshi Ghat near Anshi, Karnataka



commonly known as: melicopeMalayalam: കമ്പിളി kampili, കനല kanala, കാട്ടുചമ്പകം kattucampakam, നാശകം nasakamMarathi: बोक bokTamil: காட்டுசம்பகம் kattucampakam

Native to: s China, India, Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Indo-China, Malesia

References: BiotikFurther Flowers of Sahyadri by Shrikant Ingalhalikar • GRINFRLHT


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  • Feb 21, 2012 ... along Anshi Ghat near Anshi, Karnataka
    Melicope lunu-ankenda (Gaertn.) T.G. Hartley Melicope lunu-ankenda (Gaertn.) T.G. Hartley Melicope lunu-ankenda (Gaertn.) T.G. Hartley Kanala (Malayalam: കനല)



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Dinesh

Gurcharan Singh

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May 8, 2012, 11:35:06 PM5/8/12
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Thanks Dinesh ji
You always come up with unique plants.


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Dinesh Valke

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May 9, 2012, 12:42:33 AM5/9/12
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Many many thanks, Gurcharan ji.
Only sometimes I am lucky ! This plant and ID courtesy: Shrikant ji.
It is great joy exploring plants with him. Prashant (Awale) will also agree.

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Dinesh

Satish Phadke

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May 9, 2012, 9:15:16 AM5/9/12
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Melicope lunuankenda
Marathi : Bok बोक
Really a very difficult name to read and pronounce. Thanks for sharing.
A native plant to Maharashtra.
Important characters to look for:
Large evergreen tree observed occasionally in evergreen forests at high elevations.
Unarmed. Branching above the 2/3 rd portion of the stem
Leaves opposite 3 foliolate(Digitate)
Flowers :Unisexual.small 0.2cm. 4 merous in panicles.
Fruits called as cocci 0.4 to 0.5cm across globose.
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Dr Satish Phadke

Dinesh Valke

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Jul 16, 2024, 2:58:36 AM7/16/24
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The photographs of observation "Feb 21, 2012 ... along Anshi Ghat near Anshi, Karnataka" belong to Bischofia javanica Blume, and not Melicope lunu-ankenda (Gaertn.) T.G.Hartley
Shiwalee corrected the observation ID at iNaturalist.
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Dinesh
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