• Family : RUTACEAE
  (Rue Or Citrus Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : NIMBU FAMILY (नींबू फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : RUTACEAE
• Basionym : Limonia missionis Wight
• Synonym(s) : Atalantia missionis (Wight) Oliv.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Pamburus missionis (Wight) Swingle
• Vernacular name : Kuruntu, Kadanaathi (Tamil)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Garden plant
• Comments / notes : On hill forests and also along stream banks.
• Flower, Fruit : March-September
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Nellore district, Kadapa district, Chittoor district
  • Kerala : Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
  • Maharashtra : All districts of Maharashtra
  • Tamil Nadu : Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Coimbatore district, The Nilgiri district, Dharmapuri district, Villipuram district, Cuddalore district
• Native : India, Sri Lanka
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; 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=Pamburus missionis. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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