• Family : COMBRETACEAE
  (Combretum Or Indian Almond Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : ARJUN FAMILY (अर्जुन फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : COMBRETACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Combretum ovalifolium Roxb.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Unresolved name
• Common name : Buffalo calf plant, Oval-leaved wheel creeper
• Vernacular name : Udaikoli, Odaikodi, Veragai (Tamil); Yadatheega, Putangi, Shirtalboddi, Bandikota, Bandi kattu tige (Telugu); Atudi, Devakukundia, Aundi, Nobeda (Oria); Manjakody (Malayalam); Madbel, Pival-vel (Marathi)
• Habit : Liana
• Habitat : Semi-Evergreen forests, along river banks
• Comments / notes : Occasional on hills, lower slopes to 1000m. Less in scrub jungles or river banks. Leaves turn red before falling
• Flower, Fruit : February-May onwards
• Collector(s) Name : K. Sankara Rao, Arun Singh, Raja K. Swamy & Navendu Page
• Collection Date : 25-02-2016; 24-02-2016
• Collection Nos : HJCB-0560; HJCB-0469
• Collection Locality : Chandaka to Bhubaneswar road; Chandaka WLS, Khurda district (OD)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Kurnool district, Vishakapatnam district, Kadapa district, Krishna district, Chittoor district, West Godavari district, Srikakulam district
  • Karnataka : Kolar district
  • Kerala : Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Thiruvananthapuram district
  • Maharashtra : Akola district
  • Odisha : Ganjam district, Puri district, Angul district, Koraput district
  • Tamil Nadu : Tiruchirapalli district
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais 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; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; 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=Combretum albidum var. albidum. Downloaded on 3 April 2025.

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