Chapter XXIX: Appendix: G

PRINCIPAL FLORA OF THE NICOBARS

DILLENIACEAE.
Dillenia pilosa, _Kz._ Little Nicobar Interior.

ANONACEAE.
Anona muricata, _L._ Around villages Cultivated.
A. squamosa, _L._ Do. Do.

BIXINEAE.
Bixa Orellana, _L._ Malacca village Do.
Flacourtia sepiaria, _Roxb._ Nancowry Interior.

GUTTIFERAE.
Garcinia speciosa, _Wall._ Northern islands Do.
Calophyllum spectabile, Little Nicobar Do.
_Willd._
C. inophyllum, _L._ Northern islands Beach forest.

DIPTEROCARPEAE.
Hopea odorata, _Roxb._ Menchal Interior.

MALVACEAE.
Hibiscus tiliaceus, _L._ All islands Beach forest.
Thespesia populnea, _Corr._ Do. Do.
Gossipium sp. Malacca Cultivated.
Kydia calycina, _Roxb._ Northern islands Interior.

STERCULIACEAE.
Sterculia campanulata, Teressa Do.
_Wall._
S. villosa, _Roxb._ Little Nicobar Do.
S. rubiginosa, _Vent._ Car Nicobar Do.
Heritiera littoralis, All islands Beach forest.
_Dryand._
Pterospermun acerifolium, Little Nicobar Interior.
_Willd._

RUTACEAE.
Paramignya citrifolia, _Hf._ Car Nicobar, Do.
Little Nicobar
Citrus medica, _L._ Villages Cultivated.
C. decumana, _Willd._ Do. Do.
AEgle Marmelos, _Correa._ Do. Do.

BURSERACEAE.
Canarium euphyllum, _Kz._ Teressa Interior.

MELIACEAE.
Carapa moluccensis, _Lamk._ Little Nicobar Maritime swamp.
C. obovota, _Bl._ Do. Do.
Amoora Ganggo, _Miq._ Do. Interior.

CELASTRINEAE.
Salacia prinoides, _D. C._ Little Nicobar Interior.

RHAMNEAE.
Zizyphus subquinquenerva, Little Nicobar Do.
_Miq._

AMPELIDEAE.
Vitis pedata, _Vhl._ Little Nicobar Do.
Leea grandifolia, _Kz._ Do. and Nancowry Interior & beach forest.
L. sambucina, _L._ Do. Do.

ANACARDIACEAE.
Mangifera sylvatica, _Roxb._ Teressa Interior.
Odina Wodier, _Roxb._ Nancowry Beach forest.
Semecarpus heterophyllus, All islands Beach forest and
_Bl._ interior.
Parishia insignis, _Hk. f._ Teressa Interior.

LEGUMINOSAE.
Abrus precatorius, _L._ Malacca village Cultivated.
Erythrina indica, _L._ Little Nicobar Interior.
Flemingia strobilifera, Car Nicobar, Do.
_Ait._ Nancowry
Derris scandens, _Bth._ Little Nicobar Do.
Pongamia glabra, _Vent._ All islands Beach forest.
Peltoforum ferrugineum, Nancowry Do.
_Vog._
Caesalpinia nuga, _Ait._ All islands Beach forest and mangrove
swamp.
Afzelia lijuga, _A. Gray_
C. Bonducella, _Roxb._ Do. Do.
Tamarindus indica, _L._ Car Nicobar Cultivated.
Entada scandens, _Bth._ Little Nicobar Interior.
Albizzia stipulata, _Boiv._ Nancowry Do. on border of grass
land.
Adenanthera pavonina, _L._ Little Nicobar Interior.
Pithecolobium sp. Do. Do.
Desmodium sp. Do. Beach forest.

RHIZOPHOREAE.
Rhizophora mucronata, _Lmk._ Little Nicobar Mangrove swamp.
R. conjugata, _L._ Do. Do.
Bruguiera gymnorhiza, _Lam._ Do. Do.
Carallia sp.(?) Car Nicobar Interior.

COMBRETACEAE.
Terminalia Catappa, _L._ All islands Interior.
T. sp. (procera?) Do. Do.
T. sp. (bialata?) Pulo Milo Do.
Combretum sp. Car Nicobar Do.
Lumnitzera racemosa, _Willd._

MYRTACEAE.
Eugenia Javanica, _Lamk._ All islands Beach forest.
Barringtonia speciosa, Do. Do.
_Forst._
Do. racemosa, _D. C._ Car Nicobar Interior.
Do. acutangula, _Gaertn._
Psidium guava, _Raddi._ Do. Cultivated.

MELASTOMACEAE.
Melastoma malabathricum, _L._ Car Nicobar Interior.

PASSIFLOREAE.
Carica papaya, _L._ Villages Cultivated.

RUBIACEAE.
Pavetta indica, _L._ Little Nicobar Beach forest.
Guettarda speciosa, _L._ All islands Do.
Morinda citrifolia, _L._ Do. Do.

SAPOTACEAE.
Mimusops littoralis, _Kz._ All islands Do. on rocky coasts.

APOCYNACEAE.
Fagraea racemosa, _Jack._ Nancowry, Little Interior.
Nicobar
Cerbera Odollam, _Ham._ Car Nicobar, Beach forest.
Little Nicobar
Ochrosia salubris, _Mig._ Car Nicobar, Do.
Little Nicobar
Alstonia scholaris, _R. Br._ Car Nicobar Interior.

CONVOLVULACEAE.
Ipomaea biloba, _Forsk._ All islands Sea beach.

SOLANEAE.
Solanum torvum, _Sw._ Car Nicobar Village lands.

BIGNONIACEAE.
Spathodea Rheedii, _Wall._ Little Nicobar, Beach forest.
Nancowry

VERBENACEAE.
Clerodendron inerme, _L._ Nancowry Interior, near grass
land.
Callicarpa longifolia, Car Nicobar Interior.
_Lamk._

BORAGINEAE.
Cordia subcordata, _Lamk._ All islands Beach forest.
C. Myxa, _L._ Car Nicobar Inland.
Tournefortia argentea, _L._ Little Nicobar Beach forest.

LAURACEAE.
Cinnamomum obtusifolium, Little Nicobar, Interior.
_N. E._ Nancowry
Cassytha filiformis, _L._ Little Nicobar Do.
Hernandia peltata, _Meissn._ Car Nicobar and Beach forest.
other islands

ELAEAGNACEAE.
Elaeagnus latifolia, _L._ Car Nicobar and Interior.
other islands

MYRISTICACEAE.
Myristica Irya, _Gaertn._ Little Nicobar, Interior.
Nancowry

EUPHORBIACEAE.
Croton argyratus, _Bl._ Nancowry Do.
Macaranga Tanarius, _Muell. Teressa Beach forest.
Arg._
Mallotus philippinensis, Do. Interior.
_D. C._
Ricinus communis, _L._ Villages Cultivated.

URTICACEAE.
Artocarpus integrifolia, _L._ Villages Cultivated.
A. Chaplasha, _Roxb._ Nancowry Interior.
A. Lakoocha, _D. C._ Do. Do.
Ficus bengalensis, _L._ All islands Beach forest.

PIPERACEAE.
Chavica Betle, _Miq._ All islands Beach forest, and
cultivated.

CASUARINEAE.
Casuarina equisetifolia, All islands Beach forest (clay
_Forst._ bluffs).

CONIFERAE.
Podocarpus cracteata, _Bl._ Camorta Interior.

CYCADACEAE.
Cycas Rumphii, _Miq._ Car Nicobar, Beach and interior
Nancowry, forests.
Little Nicobar

PALMAE.
Nipa fruticans, _Wurmb._ Little Nicobar Maritime swamp.
Cocos nucifera, _L._ All islands Beach Forest.
Areca Catechu, _L._ Do. Interior and cultivated.
Ptychoraphis augusta, _L._ Do. Interior.
Calamus gracilis, _Roxb._ Little Nicobar Do.
Bentinckia Nicobarica, _Becc._

PANDANEAE.
Pandanus Larum, _Jones_ All islands Beach forest.
P. odoratissimus, _L. F._ Do. Do.
P. furcatus, _Roxb._ Teressa Interior.

AROIDEAE.
Colocasia indica, _L._ Villages Cultivated.
Pothos scandens, _L._ Little Nicobar Interior.

SCITAMINEAE.
Amomun Fenzlii, _Kz._ Little Nicobar Do.

ORCHIDEAE.
Dendrobium anceps, _Sw._ Little Nicobar Interior.
Vanda Teres, _Ldl._ Do. Do.
Saccolabium obliquum, _Ldl._ Do. Do.
Phalenopsis cornu-cervi, _Bl._ Do. Do.

AMARYLLIDEAE.
Crinum asiaticum, _L._ Villages Cultivated and in beach
forest.

LILIACEAE.
Smilax polyacantha, _Wall._ Nancowry, Little Interior.
Nicobar
Flagellaria indica, _L._ Nancowry Do.

GRAMINEAE.
Saccharum spontaneum, _L._ Northern islands Grass heaths.
Eragrostis plumosa, _Lamk._ Do. Do.
Imperata arundinacea, _Cyr._ Do. Do.
Dinachloa andamanica, _Kz._ All islands Interior.
Dendrocalamus Brandisii, _Kz._

FILICES.
Gleichenia dichotoma, Teressa Grass heaths.
_Willd._
Gl. sp. Little Nicobar Interior.
Acrostichum scandens, Car Nicobar, etc. Do.
_J. Sm._
A. aureum, _L._ All islands Beach forest.
Polypodium adnascens, _Sw._ Northern Everywhere.
Islands, etc.
P. quercifolium, _L._ Do. Do.

--Supp., _And. and Nic. Gazette_, May 1897.