- Family : BORAGINACEAE
(Forget-Me-Not Or Borage Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : LASORA FAMILY (लसोड़ा फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Boraginaceae
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Ehretia microphylla Lam.
- Common name : Philippine tea
- Vernacular name :
- Kuranguvethilai, Kodikalai, Kurinjaa chedi (Tamil)
- Bapana burri (Telugu)
- Kujjipano, Guachipo (Oria)
- Kuranguvettila (Malayalam)
- Habit : Shrub
- Habitat : Open deciduous forests
- Comments / notes : On hills as an undergrowth in thickets, in scrub jungles and dry deciduous forests
- Key identification features : Profusely branched shrubs, 2-3 m high; Leaves obovate; hairs bulbous based; Flowers white, solitary or in axillary corymbs; Drupes globose, 1-4 seeded,bright red on maturity.
- Flower, Fruit : July-March
- Collector(s) Name : K.Sankara Rao, Raja K.Swamy, Arun Singh
- Collection Date : 27/11/2014
- Collection Nos : HJCB-E-161
- Collection Locality : Foothills of Sadasivakona forest, Chittoor district (AP)
- 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, Bengaluru Urban district, Bengaluru Rural district
- Kerala : Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Thiruvananthapuram 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
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Native : Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Christmas Island, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : India, Malaysia to Formosa, 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
- N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais 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
- 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: 186
- Read more :
- Permalink : http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Carmona retusa
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Flora Online. http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Carmona retusa. Downloaded on 21 January 2026.
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