- Family : OLEACEAE
(Olive Or Jasmine Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : MOGRA FAMILY (मोगरा फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Oleaceae
- Basionym : Forsythia mala-elengi Dennst.
- Synonym(s) : Chionanthus mala-elengi (Dennst.) Green; Chionanthus malabaricus (Wall.ex G.Don) Bedd.; Chionanthus mala-elengi subsp. mala-elengi
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Chionanthus mala-elengi subsp. mala-elengi
- Vernacular name :
- Soorkili, Porumbalu (Tamil)
- Punnagamu, Punicce, Chedda neredu (Telugu)
- Pochandia (Oria)
- Kallidala, Mala-elengi, Perumbal (Malayalam)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Tropical semi-evergreen forests
- Comments / notes : Rare near streams.
- Flower, Fruit : November-April
- Collection Nos : HFP 2567, CJS 15957
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Kadapa district, Vishakapatnam district
- Karnataka : Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Udupi district, Dakshina Kannada district
- Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district
- Odisha : Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district), Nayagarh district, Keonjhar district, Puri Hills (Puri district), Angul district, Cuttack district
- Tamil Nadu : Tiruvannamalai district, Vellore district, Salem district, Dharmapuri district, Dindigul district, Kanyakumari district, Theni district
- Native : India
- Endemism : Peninsular India
- World Distribution : India incl. Andaman & Nicobar Islands
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka
- Balakrishna Gowda & A.N. Sringesh 2004 – Sringeri (checklist unpublished)
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
- Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state
- Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
- Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- 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=Linociera malabarica. 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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Habitat
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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