- Family : RUBIACEAE
(COFFEE FAMILY OR MADDER FAMILY)
- Family (as per The Plant List) : Rubiaceae
- Species : Canthium dicoccum
- Variety : dicoccum
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Psydrax dicoccos Gaertn.
- Vernacular name : Nekkini, Irambarantthan, Naluvai, Navugu (Tam.); Nalla balusu, Niralli (Tel.); Kurma, Kumar Chikni, Dolsingh, Karuna, Jordaru (Ori.)
- Key identification features : An unarmed shrub or a small evergreen tree with smooth branches. Leaves are coriaceous, ovate to ovate-lanceolate or sub-orbicular, margin entire, petiolate. Flowers are 5-merous, in axillary short-peduncled cymes, greenish white. Drupe is globose and black.
- Habit : Tree
- Flower, Fruit : December-May
- Native : Sri Lanka
- Comments : Common on hills of deciduous to dry evergreen and semi-evergreen forests of ghats from 500 to 1200 m on slopes.
- Conservation Status : Vulnerable (VU)
- Distribution Locality : Visakhapatnam district, East Godavari district, Kurnool district, Chittoor district (Andhra Pradesh State); Alagar Hills (Madurai district), Shevaroy Hills (Salem district), Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Gingee Hills (Vellore district, former North Arcot), Hoganekkal Forest (Dharmapuri district), Pacchamalai Hills (Tiruchirapalli district) (Tamil Nadu State)
- World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, China, Malaysia
- Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; 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=Canthium dicoccum var. dicoccum. Downloaded on 29 June 2024.
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