Mussaenda hirsutissima (Hook.f.) Hutch. ex Gamble

 
  • Family : RUBIACEAE
    (COFFEE FAMILY OR MADDER FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Rubiaceae
  • Species : Mussaenda hirsutissima
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Mussaenda hirsutissima (Hook.f.) Hutch. ex Gamble
  • Vernacular name : Karunthagari (Tam.)
  • Endemism : Peninsular India
  • Key identification features : Scandent shrubs with dense hispid white branchlets. Leaves are broadly elliptic, hispid. Flowers are in terminal congested cymes. Calyx is lobed, clawed. Corolla is lobed and elongated.
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Flower, Fruit : April-August
  • Native : India
  • Comments : On hills to 1600 m, shola border and on exposed slopes.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district), Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Shevaroy Hills (Salem district) (Tamil Nadu State)
  • World Distribution : India
  • Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; Sankar,R.V., R. Kottaimuthu & K. Ravikumar (2009). Additions to the flora of Sirumalai Hills, Eastern Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 1(7): 379-381.; 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=Mussaenda hirsutissima. Downloaded on 29 June 2024.

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