- Family : SALVADORACEAE
(Salvadora Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : PEELU FAMILY
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Salvadoraceae
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Azima tetracantha Lam.
- Common name : Mistletoe
- Vernacular name :
- Kanta gur kamai (Hindi)
- Yessagale, Biliuppina gida, Goni gida (Kannada)
- Mulsangu (Tamil)
- Tella Uppili, Mursangu, Mundra Kampa, Puttu podha, Uppara podha (Telugu)
- Kundali (Sanskrit)
- Essanku, Yeshenku, Sankukuppi (Malayalam)
- Habit : Shrub
- Habitat : Scrub and the foothills of the deciduous forests, Tropical dry deciduous forests, also homesteads
- Key identification features : Armed shrub
- Flower, Fruit : February-September
- Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh, Raja K.Swamy, Rajasri Ray
- Collection Date : 09/12/2014
- Collection Nos : HJCB-E-50
- Collection Locality : Pungalam R.F., Jawadhu Hills, Tiruvannamalai district (TN)
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : West Godavari district, Srikakulam district, Chittoor district
- Karnataka : Ballari district, Kolar district, Bengaluru district, Chitradurga district, Davanagare district, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Tumakuru district
- Kerala : Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kollam district
- Odisha : Balasore district, Puri district, Kendrapara district, HD, Ganjam district
- Tamil Nadu : Villipuram district, Tiruvannamalai district
- Native : India
- World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Arabia through Africa, Madagascar, Philippines
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
- 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
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan district
- Saldanha, C.J. (1996). Flora of Karnataka vol. 2. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi
- Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 – Flora of Bangalore district
- Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District
- Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg district
- Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District
- N.P.Singh, 1988- Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Azima tetracantha. 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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