• Family : RUTACEAE
  (Rue Or Citrus Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : NIMBU FAMILY (नींबू फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : RUTACEAE
• Basionym : Limonia mauritiana Lam.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Glycosmis mauritiana (Lam.) Tanaka
• Common name : Ash sheora, Gin Berry, Orangeberry, Rum Berry
• Vernacular name : Kumanapannu, Paanal (Kannada); Lonkobadam (Oria); Panal, Poonipatty (Malayalam)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Undergrowth in Evergreen forests
• Comments / notes : On plains and scrub jungles to 1000m on hills.
• Key identification features : Shrub or small tree with stout branches
• Flower, Fruit : November-September
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Kadapa district, Vishakapatnam district, Srikakulam district
  • Karnataka : Ballari district
  • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
  • Maharashtra : Kolhapur district, Pune district, Raigad district, Satara district, Sindhudurg district
  • Odisha : Gajapati district
  • Tamil Nadu : Vellore district, Tiruvannamalai district, Namakkal district, Tiruchirapalli district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Coimbatore district, Madurai district, The Nilgiri district, Ramanathapuram district, Tirunelveli district
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, Malesia
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; 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., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
• 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=Glycosmis mauritiana. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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