Morinda umbellata L.

 
  • Family : RUBIACEAE
    (COFFEE FAMILY OR MADDER FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Rubiaceae
  • Species : Morinda umbellata
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Morinda umbellata L.
  • Vernacular name : Santhukkodi (Tam.)
  • Key identification features : A climbing shrub. Leaves are elliptic to lanceolate. Flowers are in umbellate heads, 4-merous. Fruit is a syncarp of about a cm across and is irregularly lobed.
  • Habit : Liana
  • Flower, Fruit : April-September
  • Comments : On hills to 1300 m along shola border or scandent on thickets with pendulous branchlets.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Amirthi R.F. (Vellore district, former North Arcot), Javadhu Hills (Tiruvannamalai district, former North Arcot) (Tamil Nadu State); Horsley Hills (Chittoor district), Galikonda Hills (Visakhapatnam district) (Andhra Pradesh State); Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district), Kalahandi district (Odisha State)
  • World Distribution : India, Bangladesh, Malay Peninsula, Sri Lanka, China, Japan, Philippines, Taiwan, Northern Australia
  • 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; 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=Morinda umbellata. Downloaded on 29 June 2024.

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