• Family : RUBIACEAE
  (COFFEE FAMILY OR MADDER FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Rubiaceae
• Species : Wendlandia tinctoria
• Subspecies : tinctoria
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Wendlandia tinctoria (Roxb.) DC.
• Vernacular name : Tilai, Telli, Icha, Dhulda tilai, Banabasanga (Ori.)
• Collection Nos : HJCB-0510
• Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh R., K.R.K.Swamy & Navendu Page
• Collection Date : 25/02/16
• Collection Locality : Mahanadi Wildlife Sanctuary, Nayagarh District, Odisha State
• Habitat : Stream banks of Sal Forest
• Key identification features : A small tree with pubescent panicles and prominently nerved leaves.
• Habit : Tree
• Flower, Fruit : January-August
• Native : India
• Comments : Occasional in moist decidous forests along streams and on hills of mixed forests of Eastern Ghats. W. Tinctoria is a key nectar source during the summer season.
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Distribution Locality : Kanchipuram district, Vellore district (Tamil Nadu State); Borra Caves (Visakhapatnam district), Nallamalai Hills (Kurnool district) (Andhra Pradesh State); Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district), Ganjam district, Mahanadi Wildlife Sanctuary (Nayagarh district) (Odisha State)
• World Distribution : India, Myanmar
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Neginhal, S.G., Forest Trees of the Western Ghats includes Eastern Ghats and Deccan Plateau. 2011.
• 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=Wendlandia tinctoria subsp. tinctoria. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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