• Family : COMBRETACEAE
  (Combretum Or Indian Almond Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : ARJUN FAMILY (अर्जुन फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : COMBRETACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Getonia floribunda Roxb.
• Vernacular name : Kokorahj (Hindi); Enjir balli, Marasutta balli, Baguli (Kannada); Minnargodi, Pillani, Therulankodi (Tamil); Bontha, Adavi Jama, Bandi murugudu (Telugu); Sil, Kokundia, Dubopatli, Dhonoti (Oria); Pullani (Sanskrit); Pullanni, Pullanji, Varavalli (Malayalam)
• Habit : Liana
• Habitat : Moist and dry deciduous forests, scrub jungles, also in the plains
• Comments / notes : Occasional clumps on foothills to 700m.
• Flower, Fruit : January-May
• Distribution :
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Odisha : Ganjam district, Koraput district, Mayurbhanj district, Cuttack district, Angul district, Rayagada district
  • Tamil Nadu : Vellore district, Tiruvannamalai district, Dharmapuri district
• World Distribution : India, Southeast Asia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Bangladesh
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; 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 Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; 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.
• 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=Calycopteris floribunda. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.

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