Maytenus rufa (Wall.) Cufod.

 
  • Family : CELASTRACEAE
    (Staff-Tree Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : MALKANGANI FAMILY (मालकांगनी फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : CELASTRACEAE
  • Basionym : Celastrus rufus Wall.
  • Synonym(s) : Gymnosporia rufa (Wall. ex Roxb.) M.A.Lawson
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Maytenus rufa (Wall.) Cufod.
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Key identification features : Thorny shrubs of low elevations
  • Flower, Fruit : November-August
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Visakhapatnam district
    • Odisha : Ganjam district
    • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Tiruvannamalai district, Vellore district
  • World Distribution : Subtropical Himalayas, Bhutan
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
  • 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=Maytenus rufa. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.

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