Statue of Unity – Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat Rain Forest Ektanagar

Monoon fragrans

Syn. Polyalthia fragrans

IUCN Red List Not Evaluated (NE)

Local name

  • Fragrant Ashok (English)
  • Miryo (Konkani)
  • Kodanci (Tamil)

Tree type

Evergreen Deciduous
Family: Annonaceae
30m

Indicated uses

Medicinal Edible Ornamental Avenue Other

Flowering & fruiting

Flowering Fruiting

Key characters

Monoon fragrans bark

Bark

Smooth, greenish-grey, blaze pink. Branchlets are floccose when young and round.

Monoon fragrans leaves

Leaves

Leaves are simple, alternate, distichous. Leaf-stalk is 0.4-0.8 cm long, stout; minutely hairy.

Monoon fragrans flower

Flower

Flowers are borne in clusters, sometimes in racemes on older branches, greenish yellow.

Monoon fragrans fruit / seeds

Fruit / Seeds

Aggregate of 3–5 berries, each 1.5–2 cm long, oval to ovoid, blunt-tipped and finely grey-pubescent, containing a single rounded to oval seed.

Monoon fragrans

Did you know?

In Sindhudurg, Maharashtra, the tree is called Miryo in Konkani, referring to its clustered, ash-coloured fruits resembling black peppercorns.

Distribution

World map showing distribution

SW. India