• Family : OLACACEAE
  (Olax Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : DHENIANI FAMILY
• Family (as per The APG System III) : OLACACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Unresolved name
• Vernacular name : Dheniani (Hindi); Bapanamusti gida (Kannada); Kadal ranchi (Tamil); Kurpodur, Murikimalu (Telugu); Badabana, Badalia, Boderia, Badurli, Bodobodoria, Bhad, Bhadai, Bhadobhadolia (Oria)
• Habit : Climbing shrub
• Habitat : Deciduous forests
• Flower, Fruit : March-October
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, East Godavari district, West Godavari district, Srikakulam district
  • Karnataka : Sandur (Ballari district), Dakshina Kannada district, Shivamogga district, Uttara Kannada district
  • Maharashtra : Ahmednagar district, Aurangabad district, Mumbai Suburban district, Chandrapur district, Nagpur district, Nanded district, Pune district, Yavatmal district
  • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district
  • Tamil Nadu : Dindigul district, Coimbatore district, The Nilgiri district, Vellore district, Tiruvannamalai district, Villipuram district, Cuddalore district, Tiruchirapalli district, Dharmapuri district, Salem district
• World Distribution : Tropical Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Indo-China, Thailand, Malaysia
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa 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; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa;Sankar,R.V., R. Kottaimuthu & K. Ravikumar (2009). Additions to the flora of Sirumalai Hills, Eastern Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 1(7): 379-381; J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1; Cecil J. Saldanha (1996). Flora of Karnatka State vol. 2. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi.; N.P.Singh, 1988- Flora of Eastern Karnataka
• 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=Olax scandens. Downloaded on 3 June 2024.

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