• Family : OLEACEAE
  (Olive Or Jasmine Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : MOGRA FAMILY (मोगरा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : OLEACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Ligustrum gamblei Ramamoorthy
• Vernacular name : Sittilingi (Tamil); Haduati (Oria)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Mixed forests on hills above 900m; also in shola borders. Dominant above 1100m.
• Flower, Fruit : January-October
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : East Godavari district
  • Karnataka : Kolar district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Chikkamagaluru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Shivamogga district
  • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Puri district, Nayagarh district, Angul district, Balasore district, Kalhandi district
  • Tamil Nadu : Namakkal district, Salem district
• Native : India
• World Distribution : India, Bangladesh
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Saldanha 1976. Flora of Hassan district; Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
• 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=Ligustrum gamblei. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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