Alphonsea lutea is a species of flowering plant in the Annonaceae family. It is a shrub or tree native to southern and eastern India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka.[2][3] It is known by several local names, including Pulusu mamidi in Telugu and തുട്ട in Malayalam.[4] It grows in tropical moist lowland forests.[1]
| Alphonsea lutea | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Magnoliales |
| Family: | Annonaceae |
| Genus: | Alphonsea |
| Species: | A. lutea |
| Binomial name | |
| Alphonsea lutea | |
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The species was first described as Uvaria lutea by William Roxburgh in 1795. In 1855 Joseph Dalton Hooker and Thomas Thomson placed the species in genus Alphonsea as A. lutea.[2]
Description
editAlphonsea lutea is small tree up to 6 meters tall. Leaves are simple and alternate. The flowers are in axillary peduncles, and the fruit consists of aggregated subglobose berries, typically containing more than two seeds.[5] It flowers from March to October.
References
edit- 1 2 Hills, R., Verspagen, N. & Erkens, R.H.J. 2023. Alphonsea lutea. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2023: e.T176848499A185287111. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T176848499A185287111.en. Accessed 19 March 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Alphonsea lutea (Roxb.) Hook.f. & Thomson". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
- ↑ "Alphonsea sclerocarpa - ANNONACEAE".
- ↑ https://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/herbsheet.php?id=444&cat=13
- ↑ Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 11. 1858; Gamble, Fl. Madras 1: 23. 1997 (re. ed); Sasidharan, Biodiversity documentation for Kerala- Flowering Plants, part 6: 15. 2004.
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