- Family : RUBIACEAE
(COFFEE FAMILY OR MADDER FAMILY)
- Family (as per The Plant List) : Rubiaceae
- Species : Chassalia ophioxyloides
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Chassalia curviflora var. ophioxyloides (Wall.) Deb & B.Krishna
- Vernacular name : Kaadugarudapaathala (Kan.)
- Key identification features : Tall shrubs. Leaves are oblanceolate, abruptly acuminate, stipule is connate, ovate, membraneous. Flowers are in cymes, terminal, panicled, glabrous and subsessile. Calyx is long, globose, lobes are ovate and corolla is 8 mm long, ovate or obtuse, curved; stamens are 5, included. Anthers are linear. Ovary is 2-celled with one ovule in each cell. Style is 2-fid at the apex. Fruit is 6 mm across, globose, glabrous and 2-seeded.
- Habit : Undershrub
- Flower, Fruit : April-November
- Comments : The plant with the generic name 'Chassalia' is the widely accepted name, however some taxonomists have used 'Chasalia', which is a spelling variant.
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Distribution Locality : Visakhapatnam district (Andhra Pradesh State); Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district) (Odisha State)
- World Distribution : India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Borneo, Philippines, Nepal, China
- Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2 ; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa
- 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=Chassalia ophioxyloides. Downloaded on 29 June 2024.
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