Herbarium JCB

Gardenia resinifera Roth

Family : RUBIACEAE
(COFFEE FAMILY OR MADDER FAMILY)
Family (as per The Plant List) : Rubiaceae
Species : Gardenia resinifera
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Gardenia resinifera Roth
Common name : The Brilliant Gardenia
Vernacular name : Dekamali, Dikmali (Hin.); Pannipavatta, Kambi maram, Picinpatti, Picinpavattai, Kambilipicin (Tam.); Yerrabikki, Erubikki, Karinga, Chinna karinga, Verri bikki (Tel.)
Collection Nos : FAP 39109
Collector(s) Name : K.R.K.Swamy
Collection Date : 21/08/10
Collection Locality : Kalasamudram, Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh State
Habitat : Deciduous forest
Key identification features : A shrub or a small tree with yellow resin. Leaves are simple, obovate, up to 6 cm long and 3 cm broad, nerves are about 10-20 pairs, nervules parallel. Flowers are conspicuous, corolla with a long tube and spreading limbs, corolla is yellow with age. Fruit is an elliptic berry.
Habit : Tree
Flower, Fruit : January-June
Comments : Common in open forests, rocky hills in deciduous forests and extending into foothills of scrub jungles.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Visakhapatnam district, Srikakulam district, East Godavari district, West Godavari district, Anantapur district, Prakasham district, Kurnool district, Nellore district, Kadapa district, Chittoor district (Andhra Pradesh State); Mehbubnagar district (telangana State); Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district), Koraput district (Odisha State)
World Distribution : India, Bangladesh, Myanmar
Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; J.L.Ellis, 1987- 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 ; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; Ravikumar & Balachandran-2014, Journal of Threatened Taxa 6(8): 6108-6121; 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=Gardenia resinifera. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.