- Family : THEACEAE
(Tea Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : CHAAY FAMILY (चाय फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Pentaphylacaceae
- Synonym(s) : Gordonia obtusifolia Wight; Gordonia parvifolia Wight
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Gordonia obtusa Wall. ex Wight
- Common name : Blunt-leaved Gordonia
- Vernacular name :
- Miyilai (Tamil)
- Mallanga (Kannada)
- Adangi, Chembarasan, Karikkova, Kattukarana (Malayalam)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests and Shola
- Comments / notes : Leaves used as substitute for tea in Nilgiris.
- Key identification features : An evergreen tree with grey bark. Leaves are simple, entire or crenate, oblong lanceolate, up to 15.5cm long, 5 cm broad, shortly petioled. Flowers are axillary and solitary. Corola is attractive, Petals fused at base, and united with stamens. Ovary is white and pubescent with 3 stigma. Fruit is a capsule dehiscing in to 5 valves.
- Flower, Fruit : October-May
- Collection Nos : KFP 1709, KFP 5153
- Distribution :
- Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Shivamogga district
- Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Kanyakumari district, Madurai district, Ramanathapuram district, Tirunelveli district, Theni district and all Shola
- Native : India
- Endemism : Western Ghats
- World Distribution : India
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka
- Cecil J. Saldanha, S. R. Ramesh (1984). Flora of Karnataka State vol. 1. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi
- Balakrishna Gowda & A.N. Sringesh 2004 – Sringeri (checklist unpublished)
- Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1
- Ravichandran, V. 2016. Taxonomic and Phytogeographical investigation on endemic plants of Western Ghats with special reference to Megamalai Wildlife Sanctuary of Tamil Nadu (Ph.D. thesis work)
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Gordonia obtusa. 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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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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