Reissantia indica (Willd.) Halle

 
  • Family : HIPPOCRATEACEAE
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Celastraceae
  • Species : Reissantia indica
  • Synonym : Pristimera indica (Willd.) A.C. Sm.
  • Basionym : Hippocratea indica Willd.
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Reissantia indica (Willd.) N.Halle
  • Vernacular name : Morasankodi (Tam.)
  • Habit : Climbing Shrub
  • Flower, Fruit : April-December
  • Comments : Occasional in foothills of scrub jungles to lower slopes of Eastern Ghats.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Sudikonda Hills (East Godavari district), Visakhapatnam district (Andhra Pradesh State); Angul district, Khurda district, Balasore district, Puri district, Ganjam district (Odisha State)
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Malesia, Indo-China, South China
  • Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Reissantia indica. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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