Herbarium JCB

Canthium dicoccum var. umbellatum (Wight) Santapau & Merchant

Family : RUBIACEAE
(COFFEE FAMILY OR MADDER FAMILY)
Family (as per The Plant List) : Rubiaceae
Species : Canthium dicoccum
Variety : umbellatum
Basionym : Canthium umbellatum Wight
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Psydrax umbellata (Wight) Bridson
Vernacular name : Nallamantharam, Alampamaram (Tam.); Alli, Balusu, Nalla balusu, Nakkina, Nakkeri, Niralli (Tel.)
Collection Nos : HJCB-0493
Collector(s) Name : K.R.K.Swamy, Arun Singh R., K.Sankara Rao & Navendu Page
Collection Date : 24/02/16
Collection Locality : Chandaka-Dampada Wildlife Sanctuary, Khurda district, Odisha State
Habitat : Mixed forest
Key identification features : Galls are often seen along the leaf axil.
Habit : Tree
Flower, Fruit : December-May
Comments : Often on hills of higher altitudes from 1200 m onwards in evergreen forests and sholas. Sometimes also found in mixed forests at lower elevations in northern Eastern Ghats.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Alagar Hills (Madurai district), Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district) (Tamil Nadu State); Srikakulam district, Visakhapatnam district, East Godavari district, West Godavari district, Chittoor district (Andhra Pradesh State); Keonjhar district, Mahendragiri Hills (Ganjam district), Koraput district, Cuttack district, Chandaka Wildlife Sanctuary (Khurda district), Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district) (Odisha State)
World Distribution : India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Malay Peninsula
Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; Sankar,R.V., R. Kottaimuthu & K. Ravikumar (2009). Additions to the flora of Sirumalai Hills, Eastern Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 1(7): 379-381.; 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. umbellatum. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.