- Family : RUBIACEAE
(COFFEE FAMILY OR MADDER FAMILY)
- Family (as per The Plant List) : Rubiaceae
- Species : Canthium parviflorum
- Synonym : Plectronia parviflora (Lam.) Bedd.
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Canthium coromandelicum (Burm.f.) Alston
- Vernacular name : Kirma, Kadbar (Hin.); Khare mullina gida (Kan.); Mullu kaarai, Theravai, Sengaarai (Tam.); Balusu, Chinnabalusu (Tel.); Tuthudi (Ori.); Gangeruki (San.)
- Collection Nos : RRLB 6503; RRLB 2680
- Collector(s) Name : H.O Saxena & M. Brahmam; M. Brahmam
- Collection Date : 20/06/1989; 10/07/1979
- Collection Locality : Berhampur, Salapa, Ganjam dist., Odisha state
- Habitat : Near pond
- Key identification features : Armed shrubs. Spines are very conspicuous to about 5 cm long. Leaves are ovate-obovate. Inflorescence is a few-flowered cyme. Flowers are greenish-white, 4-merous. Drupe is obcordate, furrowed.
- Habit : Shrub
- Flower, Fruit : March-December
- Comments : In plains to 1000 m. Common in scrub forests, especially in laterite soils. Fruits are edible
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Distribution Locality : Throughout Eastern Ghats
- World Distribution : India, Indo-China, China, Malaysia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Pakistan, Malesia, Sri Lanka
- Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; 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 parviflorum. Downloaded on 29 June 2024.
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