• Family : RUBIACEAE
  (Madder Or Coffee Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : COFFEE FAMILY (कॉफी फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : RUBIACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Wendlandia exerta DC.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Wendlandia heynei (Schult.) Santapau & Merchant
• Vernacular name : Tilo (Oria); Konku puchu (Telugu)
• Habit : Tree
• Comments / notes : Occasional in forests
• Key identification features : Ashy-grey foliage and fragrant white flowers. Bark brown
• Flower, Fruit : March-April
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : East Godavari district, West Godavari district, Vishakapatnam district
  • Karnataka : Uttara Kannada district
  • Odisha : Sambalpur district, Gajapati district, Ganjam district, Koraput district, Bolangir district, Bargarh district
• Native : India
• World Distribution : India, Nepal, Himalayas
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District.
• 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=Wendlandia heynei. Downloaded on 3 July 2025.

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