Catunaregam tomentosa (Bl. ex DC.) Tirveng.

 
  • Family : RUBIACEAE
    (COFFEE FAMILY OR MADDER FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Rubiaceae
  • Species : Catunaregam tomentosa
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Catunaregam tomentosa (Blume ex DC.) Tirveng.
  • Vernacular name : Perum mathukkaarai, Marakkala (Tam.); Kotuvagoch (Tel.)
  • Key identification features : Deciduous tree, armed, bark rough; branchlets glabrous. Leaves are obovate-spathulate, glabrous to slightly puberulous above, slightly pubescent beneath, apex obtuse to acute, margin entire, base attenuate; petiole to 1 cm long. Flowers yellowish-white, solitary, axillary on spines, fragrant. Berry globose, glabrous.
  • Habit : Tree
  • Flower, Fruit : April-October
  • Comments : Common in deciduous and dry evergreen forests upto 1300 m on hills.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Bellary district (Karnataka State); Visakhapatnam district, East Godavari district, Prakasham district (Andhra Pradesh State)
  • World Distribution : India, Bangladesh, Malaysia
  • Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; Gamble, J.S., Flora of Madras Presidency. 2: 1921.
  • 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=Catunaregam tomentosa. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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