Callicarpa tomentosa (L.) Murray

 
  • Family : VERBENACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Lamiaceae
  • Species : Callicarpa tomentosa
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Callicarpa tomentosa (L.) L.
  • Common name : Velvet Beauty Berry
  • Vernacular name : Priyangu (San.)
  • Collection Nos : CJS 12063, KFP 11463, KFP 5331, KFP 732
  • Collector(s) Name : C.J.Saldanha; S.R.Ramesh & P.Prakash; C.J.Saldanha, S.R.Ramesh & Syed Maqsood Ahamed
  • Key identification features : A large shrub or small tree
  • Habit : Tree
  • Comments : Wood used for carving legs of Cots; tomentose buds serve as substitute for wick in oil-lamps
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Collection Locality : Mullayangiri, Bababudan hills (Chikamagalur), Koppa State Forest (Chikamagalur); Mallur Ghats (Dakshina Kannada)
  • Distribution Locality : Belgaum, Chikamagalur, Dakshina Kannada, Hassan, Kodagu, Mysore, Shimoga, Udupi, Uttara Kannada
  • Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Gowda, 2004 - Sringeri; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara

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