• Family : APOCYNACEAE
  (Dogbane Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : KARONDA FAMILY (करौंदा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : APOCYNACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Anodendron manubriatum Merr.; Anodendron rhinosporum Thwaites
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Anodendron paniculatum A.DC.
• Common name : Lantani
• Vernacular name : Maniballi (Kannada); Sarakodi (Tamil); Kakkakodi (Malayalam)
• Habit : Liana
• Habitat : Moist forests, evergreen, semi-evergreen and deciduous forests
• Comments / notes : Rare in moist and cool ravines. Grows on brown soil at higher elevations
• Flower, Fruit : February-April;October
• Collector(s) Name : K. Sankara Rao, Arun Singh, Raja K. Swamy& Navendu Page
• Collection Date : 23/02/2016
• Collection Nos : HJCB-0459
• Collection Locality : RPRC Garden, Bhubaneswar, Khurda district
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district
  • Karnataka : Dakshina Kannada district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district
  • Kerala : Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Ernakulam district, Idukki district, Alappuzha district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
  • Odisha : Koraput district, Kalhandi district, Kandhamal district, Ganjam district
  • Tamil Nadu : Occasional Hills above 1000m
• World Distribution : India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Java to Philippines
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Flora of Udupi; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara; 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=Anodendron paniculatum. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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