- Family : MALVACEAE
(Mallow Or Hibiscus Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : GURHAL FAMILY (गुड़हल फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Malvaceae
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Kydia calycina Roxb.
- Common name : Roxburgh's Kydia, Pula
- Vernacular name :
- Pula, Choupultiya, Pathra, Polao (Hindi)
- Bellaka, Naayibende mara, Bendai (Kannada)
- Vendai (Tamil)
- Potri, Konda potri, Pacha bottuka, Pondiki (Telugu)
- Bankapasia, Barimo, Kapasia (Oria)
- Varang, Bhoti, Illya, Potari, Varse (Marathi)
- Vellachadachi, Vellukku, Vellukkuventa (Malayalam)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Tropical moist deciduous forests, Tropical semi-evergreen forests
- Comments / notes : Occasional in deciduous forests up to 1000m. Does not grow in arid regions
- Flower, Fruit : September-February
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, Chittoor district, Kurnool district, East Godavari district
- Karnataka : Ballari district, Belagavi district, Chikkamagaluru district, Chitradurga district, Dakshina Kannada district, Davanagare district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Tumakuru district, Shivamogga district, Uttara Kannada district
- Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district
- Odisha : Throughout Odisha
- Tamil Nadu : Dharmapuri district, Vellore district, Coimbatore district, Vellore district, Tiruvannamalai district
- Madhya Pradesh : Madhya Pradesh
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats 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
- Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan District
- Cecil J. Saldanha, S. R. Ramesh (1984). Flora of Karnataka State vol. 1. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi Gowda, 2004 – Flora of Sringeri
- Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District
- Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg District
- Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District
- Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere District
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Kydia calycina. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Line Drawings
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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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