• Family : APOCYNACEAE
  (Dogbane Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : KARONDA FAMILY (करौंदा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : APOCYNACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Wrightia tinctoria R.Br.
• Common name : Milky Way Tree, Pala Indigo Plant, Sweet indrajao
• Vernacular name : Mitaindrajou, Dodhi, Indrajau (Hindi); Kare kodasiga, Hale neeli kodumurki (Kannada); Vetpalai, Veppaalai, Irumpaalai (Tamil); Tella paala, Ankudu, Jedda paala, Akupala, Doddipala, Teddapala, Pala kordsha, Reppala, Chitti ankudu, Jeddepala, Palavara (Telugu); Pita karuan, Duda keruain, Dudhokriya, Kryo, Set kure (Oria); Shweta Kudaja (Sanskrit); Kala-kuda (Marathi); Aiyappala, Adukomba, Dhanthappala, Irumpala, Kambippala, Kotakappala, Neelappala, Thattan-chavana, Thinnamppala, Thondappala, Verrupala (Malayalam)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Dry and mixed deciduous forests
• Comments / notes : On plains and hills to 1500m
• Flower, Fruit : February-October
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Vishakapatnam district, Kadapa district, Kurnool district, Guntur district, Kadapa district, East Godavari district, West Godavari district, Chittoor district
  • Karnataka : Ballari district, Kolar district
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Maharashtra : Akola district
  • Odisha : Cuttack district, Bargarh district
  • Tamil Nadu : Dharmapuri district, Salem district
• Native : Australia, Asia
• World Distribution : India, Australia, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vienam
• Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; 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=Wrightia tinctoria. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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