• Family : RUTACEAE
  (CITRUS FAMILY OR RUE FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Rutaceae
• Species : Toddalia asiatica
• Synonym : Toddalia aculeata (Sm.) Pers.; Scopolia aculeata Sm.
• Basionym : Paullinia asiatica L.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Toddalia asiatica (L.) Lam.
• Common name : Orange Climber
• Vernacular name : Kanj, Junglee kali mirchi, Kanj (Hin.); Dodda kaadu menasu (Kan.); Konda kachinda, Erra kachinda, Veru patta, Mira pakandra (Tel.); Tandpora (Ori.)
• Collection Nos : HJCB-0367
• Collector(s) Name : K.R.K.Swamy, Arun Singh R. & K.Sankara Rao
• Collection Date : 31/10/15
• Collection Locality : Way to Yelagiri Hills, Vellore district, Tamil Nadu State
• Habitat : Deciduous forest
• Key identification features : A small spinescent undershrub, often climbing. Leaves are trifoliate, gland-dotted. Flowers are white in axillary racemes. Fruit is a berry, globose and black when ripe.
• Habit : Climbing Shrub
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the Year
• Native : Tropical Asia
• Comments : Common straggler on forest borders and on trees. An important species of scrub jungle.
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Distribution Locality : Throughout Eastern Ghats
• World Distribution : India, China, Malesia, East and South Africa
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; 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=Toddalia asiatica. Downloaded on 28 September 2024.

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