- Family : CAPRIFOLIACEAE
(Honeysuckle Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : RASHINA FAMILY
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Adoxaceae
- Synonym(s) : Viburnum acuminatum Wall. ex DC.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Viburnum punctatum Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don
- Vernacular name :
- Konakaran (Tamil)
- Tilwaka (Sanskrit)
- Konakkara, Konakarimaram (Malayalam)
- Habit : Shrub
- Habitat : Shola, Tropical evergreen forests, Tropical semi-evergreen forests
- Comments / notes : In hills above 1200m across
- Key identification features : Flowers white and scented. Whole plant gives out a disagreeble odour when dry
- Flower, Fruit : January-August
- Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh, Navendu Page, K. Sankara Rao, Navendu Page; Saldanha
- Collection Date : 23-03-2016, 15-10-1959
- Collection Nos : HJCB-0583; CS 4603
- Collection Locality : Karadyur, Yercaud Hills, Salem district (TN); Tiger shola, Palani Hills, Dindigal dist., Tamil Nadu
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Krishna district, Prakasam district, West Godavari district, East Godavari district, Srikakulam district, Vishakapatnam district, Vizianagaram district
- Karnataka : Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district
- Kerala : Palakkad district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district
- Odisha : Ganjam district
- Tamil Nadu : Namakkal district, Salem district, Coimbatore district, Dindigul district
- World Distribution : Cambodia, China, Hainan, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, India
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
- 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
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan District
- Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg district
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Viburnum punctatum. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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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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