• 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) : Wendlandia tinctoria (Roxb.) DC.
• Vernacular name : Tilai, Telli, Icha, Dhulda tilai, Banabasanga (Oria)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Stream banks of Sal forests
• Comments / notes : W. tinctoria is a key nectar source during the summer season.
• Key identification features : Panicles pubescent. Leaves prominently nerved
• Flower, Fruit : January-August
• Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh, Raja K. Swamy & Navendu Page
• Collection Date : 25/02/2016
• Collection Nos : HJCB-0510
• Collection Locality : Mahanadi Wildlife Sanctuary, Nyagarah district (OD)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, Kurnool district, Krishna district
  • Odisha : Ganjam district
  • Tamil Nadu : Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district
• Native : India
• World Distribution : India, Myanmar
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; Raju, A.J.S., et al. 2011. Wendlandia tinctoria (Roxb.) DC. (Rubiaceae), a key nectar source for butterflies during the summer season in the southern Eastern Ghats, Andhra Pradesh, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 3(3): 1594-1600
• 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 tinctoria subsp. tinctoria. Downloaded on 3 April 2025.

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