• Family : OLEACEAE
  (Olive Or Jasmine Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : MOGRA FAMILY (मोगरा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : OLEACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Linociera purpurea Vahl; Linociera zeylanica (L.) Gamble
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Chionanthus zeylanicus L.
• Vernacular name : Neeli blabba, Punisi, Punnagamu (Telugu)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Moist deciduous and semi-Evergreen forests
• Comments / notes : Common. On hills up to 800m.
• Flower, Fruit : December-July
• Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh, Raja K. Swamy & K. Sankara Rao
• Collection Date : 28/11/2014
• Collection Nos : HJCB-0259
• Collection Locality : Alipiri road, Tirumal forest, Chittoor district (AP)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Vishakapatnam district, Kadapa district
  • Kerala : Idukki district
  • Tamil Nadu : Tiruchirapalli district, Villipuram district
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; Matthew, K.M., The 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=Chionanthus zeylanica. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.

Botanical Description

Herbarium Specimen(s)

Field Image(s)