- Family : RUTACEAE
(Rue Or Citrus Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : NIMBU FAMILY (नींबू फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Rutaceae
- Synonym(s) : Trichilia spinosa Willd.; Turraea virens Hell.; Atalantia carissoides Wall.; Atalantia floribunda Wight; Atalantia malabarica (Raf.) Yu.Tanaka; Atalantia platystigma Wight; Atalantia puberula Miq.; Atalantia spinosa (Willd.) Yu.Tanaka; Atalantia umbellata M.Roem.; Limonia spinosa Spreng.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Atalantia monophylla DC.
- Common name : Wild Lime
- Vernacular name :
- Kadu nimbe (Kannada)
- Kattunaarangam, Kattuelumitcahi (Tamil)
- Karu nimma, Erra munukudu, Adavi nimma (Telugu)
- Narguni, Narangi, Narunga (Oria)
- Atavi jambeera (Sanskrit)
- Katunarenga (Malayalam)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Tropical dry deciduous forests
- Comments / notes : Easily known by its tufted stem
- Key identification features : A small evergreen tree with a deeply fluted stem, the bark with white, grey, or dark brown patches, cut creamy yellow. Flowers white, slender pedicelled; stamens 6-8, Berry ovoid at first, finally globose.
- Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
- Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy; Arun Sing, Karuppusamy, Thilakar
- Collection Date : 12-11-2010, 16-06-2014
- Collection Nos : FAP 39561; HJCB-E-07
- Collection Locality : Kalasamudram RF, Anantapur district (ATP); Azhagar Hills, Madurai districts (TN)
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Prakasam district, Kadapa district, Kurnool district, Guntur district, West Godavari district, Srikakulam district, Anantapur district, Vishakapatnam district
- Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Belagavi district, Ballari district, Davanagare district, Kolar district, Mandya district, Mysuru district, Tumakuru district, Uttara Kannada district
- Kerala : Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Alappuzha district
- Maharashtra : Kolhapur district, Satara district, Konkan
- Odisha : Khurda district, Puri district, Balasore district, Mayurbhanj district
- Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
- Delhi : Delhi
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman Islands
- Native : Indian subcontinent
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka to Indo-China
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1
- J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais 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
- 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
- Saldanha, C.J. (1996). Flora of Karnataka vol. 2. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi
- Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 – Flora of Bangalore district
- Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 -Flora of Coorg district
- Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District
- Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere district
- N.P. Sing & S. Karthikeyan 2000. Flora of Maharastra vol 1. Botanical survey of India, Govt. India.
- Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 108
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Atalantia monophylla. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Line Drawings
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Field Image(s)
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Habitat
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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