Ziziphus rugosa Lam.

 
  • Family : RHAMNACEAE
    (Buckthorn Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BER FAMILY (बेर फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Rhamnaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Rhamnus glabrata B.Heyne; Ziziphus buraea Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.; Ziziphus glabra Roxb.; Ziziphus latifolia Roxb.; Ziziphus obliqua B.Heyne ex Roth; Ziziphus paniculata Roth; Ziziphus roxburghiana Voigt; Ziziphus rugosa var. glabra Bhandari & Bhansali; Ziziphus tomentosa Roxb.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Ziziphus rugosa Lam.
  • Vernacular name :
    • Suran churna (Hindi)
    • Kotte hannu (Kannada)
    • Kattilandai, Sudu thoratti, Charai, Kattaimaram (Tamil)
    • Pindi parike, Pindu parighamu (Telugu)
    • Chulkel, Tinkoli, Chenu-koli, Chunkuli, Kotaikoli, Simukoli (Oria)
    • Juli, Kottamullu, Malamthudali, Thodali (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Climbing shrub
  • Habitat : Grasslands and deciduous forests, also in the plains
  • Comments / notes : Occasional on hills to 1500m and on exposed dry slopes and forest borders
  • Key identification features : A large straggling thorny shrub or small tree
  • Flower, Fruit : November-July
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, East Godavari district, Kurnool district, Srikakulam district, West Godavari district
    • Karnataka : Belagavi district, Ballari district, Chikkamagaluru district, Chitradurga district, Dakshina Kannada district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Kolar district, Shivamogga district, Tumakuru district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Maharashtra : Ahmednagar district, Mumbai Suburban district, Chandrapur district, Jalgaon district, Nashik district, Pune district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Satara district, Thane district
    • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district
    • Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
    • Madhya Pradesh : Madhya Pradesh
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : North and Middle Andaman,South Andaman,Ritchie\'s Archipelago taluk (Havelock Island),Rutland Island
  • Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Hainan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Hainan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
  • 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
    • H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
    • 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
    • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan
    • Saldanha, 1996
    • Gowda, 2004 - Sringeri
    • Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi
    • Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
    • M.R. Almeida (1996). Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 130
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Ziziphus rugosa. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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