Hedyotis pruinosa Wight & Arn.

 
  • Family : RUBIACEAE
    (Madder Or Coffee Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : COFFEE FAMILY (कॉफी फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : RUBIACEAE
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Hedyotis pruinosa Wight & Arn.
  • Vernacular name : Kunthamanian (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Habitat : Grasslands and open areas in forests, also in the laterite hillocks and plains
  • Flower, Fruit : March-September
  • Collector(s) Name : Najeeba A.M; Jiji Thomas
  • Collection Locality : Athirampuzha, Kottayam District; Munnar, Idukki District
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : Kottayam district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district, Idukki district
  • Endemism : Southern Western Ghats
  • World Distribution : India
  • Conservation Status : Vulnerable (VU)
  • Literature : 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=Hedyotis pruinosa. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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