- Family : APOCYNACEAE
(DOGBANE FAMILY)
- Family (as per The Plant List) : Apocynaceae
- Species : Aganosma cymosa
- Variety : elegans
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Aganosma cymosa var. elegans (G.Don) Hook.f.
- Vernacular name : Sitralina balli (Kan.); Seellakkodi, Kooruvelichan kodi, Manimalaan kodi (Tam.); Malathi, Malti (Ori.)
- Habit : Liana
- Flower, Fruit : April-June
- Native : India, Sri Lanka
- Comments : In evergreen forests and deciduous forests up to 1550 m
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Distribution Locality : B.R.Hills (Chamarajnagar district) (Karnataka State); Shevaroy Hills (Salem district), Kalrayan Hills (Salem district), Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district), Melpatti R.F. (Vellore district, former North Arcot) (Tamil Nadu State); Kadapa district, Udayagiri Hills (Nellore district), Tirumala Hills (Chittoor district), Nellore district, Visakhapatnam district (Andhra Pradesh State); Mahendragiri Hills (Ganjam district) (Odisha State)
- World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
- Literature : Parthsarathy, N & Muthumperumal, C 2009. Check List 5(1): 092-111; Middleton, D.J., Kew Bulletin, Vol. 51, No. 3 (1996), pp. 455-482; Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; 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=Aganosma cymosa var. elegans. Downloaded on 30 January 2025.
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