- Family : LEEACEAE
(Leea Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : KUKUR JIHWA FAMILY (कुकुर जिह्वा फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Vitaceae
- Synonym(s) : Leea acuminata Wall. ex C.B.Clarke; Leea arborea Bojer; Leea aurantiaca Zoll. & Moritzi; Leea bulusanensis Elmer; Leea coccinea Bojer; Leea coccinea Planch.; Leea cumingii C.B.Clarke; Leea cuspidifera Baker; Leea dentata Craib; Leea euphlebia Merr.; Leea javanica Blume; Leea laeta Wall.; Leea lucida Linden ex Hook.; Leea luzonensis Elmer; Leea maculata Desf.; Leea manillensis Walp.; Leea negrosensis Elmer; Leea palawanensis Elmer; Leea pallidifolia Kaneh.; Leea papillosa Merr.; Leea parva Elmer; Leea parvifoliola Merr.; Leea sanguinea Wall.; Leea schomburgkii Craib; Leea wrightii C.B.Clarke
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Leea guineense G.Don
- Habit : Shrub
- Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests
- Flower, Fruit : May-February
- Distribution :
- Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district
- Maharashtra : Mumbai Suburban district
- Odisha : Mayurbhanj district
- Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, The Nilgiri district, Tirunelveli district
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Native : India, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, Comoros, Congo, East Himalaya, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagasc
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : India, Andaman, Myanmar, Taiwan, Laos, Tropical Africa, Malesia
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
- N.P. Sing & S. Karthikeyan 2000. Flora of Maharashtra vol 1.
- Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 133
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Leea guineensis. 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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Habitat
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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