• Family : RUBIACEAE
  (Madder Or Coffee Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : COFFEE FAMILY (कॉफी फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Rubiaceae
• Basionym : Gmelina coromandalica Burm.f.
• Synonym(s) : Plectronia parviflora (Lam.) Bedd.; Paederia valli-kara Juss.; Webera tetrandra Willd.; Azima diacantha Lam.; Monetia diacantha (Lam.) Willd.
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Canthium coromandelicum (Burm.f.) Alston
• Common name : Carray Cheddle, Coromandel Canthium, Honey-thorn, Wild jessamine
• Vernacular name :
  • Gangeruki (Sanskrit)
  • Kirma, Kadbar (Hindi)
  • Khare mullina gida, Kaaki, Kaare gida (Kannada)
  • Mullukkarai, Theravai, Sengarai (Tamil)
  • Balusu, Chinnabalusu (Telugu)
  • Tuthudi (Oria)
  • Gangeruki (Sanskrit)
  • Kandakara, Karamullu, Kattaramullu, Madhakara (Malayalam)
• Habit : Shrub
• Habitat : Scrub and dry deciduous forests, also in sacred groves, Tropical moist deciduous forests, Tropical dry deciduous forests
• Comments / notes : Common in Scrub forests
• Key identification features : A stout shrub; spines supra-axillary, straight. Leaves ovate to elliptic, acute or acuminate at apex. Flowers small, greenish-yellow. Corolla-tube short; lobes ovate, acute. Drupe obcordate, 1 cm in diam, yellow when ripe.
• Flower, Fruit : April-January
• Collection Nos : HFP 9, CJS 14679
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Chittoor district, Y.S.R. Kadapa district, East Godavari district, Guntur district, Krishna district, Kurnool district, S.P.S. Nellore district, Prakasam district, Srikakulam district, Visakhapatnam district, Vizianagaram district, West Godavari district
  • Telangana : Nalgonda district, Khammam district, Mahbubnagar district
  • Karnataka : Ballari district, Chamarajanagara district, Kolar district
  • Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Alappuzha district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
  • Maharashtra : Akola district
  • Odisha : Angul district, Balasore district, Bargarh district, Balangir district, Boudh district, Cuttack district, Deogarh district, Dhenkanal district, Gajapati district, Ganjam district, Kalahandi district, Kandhamal district, Kendrapara district, Kendujhar district, Khordha district, Koraput district, Malkangiri district, Mayurbhanj district, Puri district, Rayagada district,Sambalpur district, Sundargarh district
  • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Dindigul district, Dharmapuri district, Kancheepuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Karur district, Krishnagiri district, Madurai district, Namakkal district, Pudukkottai district, Sivaganga district, Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tiruvannamalai district, Villipuram district, Vellore district
• Native : Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka
• Exotic/Native : Native
• World Distribution : Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature :
  • Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3
  • J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1
  • 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
  • Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
  • Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District
  • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
  • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
  • Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India.
• Read more :
  • Plants of the World Online
  • World Flora Online
  • Global Plants on JSTOR
• Permalink : http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Canthium parviflorum
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2025). India Flora Online. http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Canthium parviflorum. Downloaded on 30 December 2025.

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