• Family : RUBIACEAE
  (COFFEE FAMILY OR MADDER FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Rubiaceae
• Species : Randia candolleana
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Deccania pubescens var. candolleana (Wight & Arn.) Tirveng.
• Vernacular name : Therane, Kakkorli (Kan.); Konda manga, Pedda manga, Jidi manga (Tel.)
• Key identification features : A small armed tree with spines on leaf axis. Bark is greyish-brown, rough. Branchlets with an elevated scar. Leaves are chartaceous, orbicular-ovate to obovate, lower surface is tomentose than the upper surface. Flowers are in axillary cymes. Fruit is a berry, globose and seeds are smooth.
• Habit : Tree
• Flower, Fruit : May-October
• Comments : On hills of lower slopes of dry deciduous belt to 1000 m.
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Distribution Locality : Kolar district (Karnataka State); Hoganekkal Forest (Dharmapuri district), Pachamalai Hills (Tiruchirapalli district), Shevaroy Hills (Salem district), Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Kanchipuram district (Tamil Nadu State); Penchalakona R.F. (Nellore district). North Dhone R.F. (Kurnool district), Kailasakona Hill, Talakona R.F. (Chittoor district), Anantapur district, Seshachalam Hills (Kadapa district), Krishna district (Andhra Pradesh State)
• World Distribution : India
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais 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=Randia candolleana. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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