• Family : ELAEOCARPACEAE
  (Olivnut Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : RUDRAKSHA FAMILY (रुद्राक्ष फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : MUNTINGIACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Muntingia calabura L.
• Common name : Singapore cherry, Bird's cherry, Cotton Candy berry, Calabur, Jam tree, Manzanil
• Vernacular name : Ghas-gassey mara (Kannada); Pancharappazham (Malayalam)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Garden plant
• Comments / notes : Introduced and cultivated. Fruits are edible.
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district (Kurnool district), Anantapur district (Anantapur district), Guntur district (Guntur district)
  • Karnataka : Dakshina Kannada district, Kolar district
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Maharashtra : Mumbai Suburban district, Mumbai-City district, Thane district
  • Tamil Nadu : Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district), and cultivated for edible fruits
• Native : Tropical America
• World Distribution : Introduced in other tropics
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; 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; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
• 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=Muntingia calabura. Downloaded on 3 April 2025.

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