Knoxia mollis R.Br. ex Wight & Arn.

 
  • Family : RUBIACEAE
    (COFFEE FAMILY OR MADDER FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Rubiaceae
  • Species : Knoxia mollis
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Knoxia sumatrensis (Retz.) DC.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Flower, Fruit : June-January
  • Comments : On hills from 1000 m onwards on bare slopes. The lower elevation variety sumatrensis has much larger and elliptic-ovate leaves.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Shevaroy Hills (Salem district), Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district) (Tamil Nadu State); East Godavari district, Galikonda Hills, Sunkarimetta Hills, Cherukonda Hills (Visakhapatnam district), Kadapa district, Chittoor district (Andhra Pradesh State); Koraput district (Odisha State)
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka to Malesia and tropical Australia
  • Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; 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=Knoxia mollis. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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