• Family : CAPRIFOLIACEAE
  (Honeysuckle Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : RASHINA FAMILY
• Family (as per The APG System III) : ADOXACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Viburnum acuminatum Wall. ex DC.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Viburnum punctatum Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don
• Vernacular name : Konakaran (Tamil); Tilwaka (Sanskrit); Konakkara, Konakarimaram (Malayalam)
• Habit : Shrub
• Habitat : Sholas, evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
• Comments / notes : In hills above 1200m across
• Key identification features : Flowers white and scented. Whole plant gives out a disagreeble odour when dry
• Flower, Fruit : January-August
• Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh, Navendu Page, K. Sankara Rao & Navendu Page; Saldanha
• Collection Date : 23/03/2016; 15-10-1959
• Collection Nos : HJCB-0583; CS 4603
• Collection Locality : Karadyur, Yercaud Hills, Salem district (TN); Tiger shola, Palani Hills, Dindigal dist., Tamil Nadu
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Krishna district, Prakasam district, West Godavari district, East Godavari district, Srikakulam district, Vishakapatnam district, Vizianagaram district
  • Karnataka : Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district
  • Kerala : Palakkad district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district
  • Odisha : Ganjam district
  • Tamil Nadu : Namakkal district, Salem district, Coimbatore district, Dindigul district
• World Distribution : India to Malaysia, Southeast Asia
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan District; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg district
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Viburnum punctatum. Downloaded on 28 January 2025.

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