- Family : VERBENACEAE
(Verbena Or Vervain Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : SAGVAN FAMILY (सागवान फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Lamiaceae
- Basionym : Tomex tomentosa L.
- Synonym(s) : Callicarpa lanata L.; Callicarpa arborea Miq. ex Clarke
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Callicarpa tomentosa (L.) L.
- Common name : Velvet Beauty Berry, Great woolly malayan lilac
- Vernacular name :
- Aarati gida, Dodda nathada gida, Ibanne gida, Pandavara batthi, Rishipathri, Ardri, Ruchikatri (Kannada)
- Seembakkuthu (Tamil)
- Priyangu (Sanskrit)
- Sankagochi, Bodiga chettu (Telugu)
- Bodopatri, Seembakkuthu, Pandakaiya maram (Oria)
- Cheruthekku, Kattuthekku, Naikumbil, Nallapompil, Pichenkala, Puliyanthekku, Thiriperivelam, Themperuvallam (Malayalam)
- Habit : Shrub
- Habitat : Tropical semi-evergreen forests, Tropical moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Comments / notes : On hills above 1000m in slopes.
- Key identification features : Large shrub or small tree; Leaves simple, opposite, elliptic to broadly elliptic or ovate; Inflorescence branched cymes; Flowers purple, stalkless; Fruit round drupe, black, shining.
- Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, East Godavari district, Srikakulam district
- Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Dakshina Kannada district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Thane district
- Odisha : Kalhandi district, Keonjhar district, Puri district, Mayurbhanj district, Ganjam district, Bolangir district
- Tamil Nadu : Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Srikakulam district (SKLM), Visakhapatnam district (VSKP)
- Arunachal Pradesh : Tirap
- Native : India, Sri Lanka
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
- 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. 3
- Sudhakar Reddy, C et al., 2009. Tree Wealth of Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India
- Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 260
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Callicarpa tomentosa. 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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