Knoxia wightiana Wall.

 
  • Family : RUBIACEAE
    (COFFEE FAMILY OR MADDER FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Rubiaceae
  • Species : Knoxia wightiana
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Knoxia wightiana Wall. & G.Don
  • Collection Nos : HJCB-E-167
  • Collector(s) Name : K.Sankara Rao, Arun Singh R. & K.R.K.Swamy
  • Collection Date : 27/11/14
  • Collection Locality : Sadasivakona Forest, Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh State
  • Endemism : Peninsular India
  • Habitat : Deciduous forest
  • Key identification features : An erect woody herb. Leaves are sessile, oblong-lanceolate. Flowers are pale blue in terminal puberulous corymbose panicles. Fruit is subglobose.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Flower, Fruit : May-October
  • Comments : Common in deciduous forests and grasslands in high elevations.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Yercaud Hills (Salem district), Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district) (Tamil Nadu State); Kadapa district, Chittoor district (Andhra Pradesh State)
  • World Distribution : India
  • Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3
  • 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 wightiana. Downloaded on 28 September 2024.

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