- Family : RUBIACEAE
(Madder Or Coffee Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : COFFEE FAMILY (कॉफी फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Rubiaceae
- Synonym(s) : Nauclea parvifolia Roxb.; Stephegyne parvifolia (Roxb.) Korth.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Mitragyna parvifolia (Roxb.) Korth.
- Common name : True Kadamb, Kaim, Corn Snapdragon Tree
- Vernacular name :
- Kadamb, Karam, Kaim, Kalmi, Kadam (Hindi)
- Kadamba, Kongu (Kannada)
- Neerkadambai, Ilukki (Tamil)
- Battagenugu, Nirkadambe (Telugu)
- Gudikaima, Mundi, Mur, Mitikunia, Gurikoima, Kali-kadamba, Godakoim (Oria)
- Vitanah (Sanskrit)
- Kalamb (Marathi)
- Kadamamaram, Kadambu, Neerkadambu, Poochakadambu, Sirikadamba, Veembu (Malayalam)
- Gulikadam (Bengali)
- Kaim, Phaaldu, Saano Haledo, Tikul (Nepali)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Tropical moist deciduous forests, Tropical dry deciduous forests
- Comments / notes : Occasional on foothills to 900m, often along rivers, also in plains. Form Buttress
- Key identification features : Stem butrussed
- Flower, Fruit : March-December
- Collector(s) Name : Raja K.Swamy, K.Rajasekhar; Raja K. Swamy, Arun Singh
- Collection Date : 02-02-2010, 12-09-2014
- Collection Nos : FAP 37961; HJCB-0017
- Collection Locality : Kalasamudram, Anantapur district (AP); Javadu Hills, Tiruvannamalai district (TN)
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Kadapa district, Chittoor district, Nellore district, Vishakapatnam district, West Godavari district, Srikakulam district, Kurnool district, Prakasam district, Anantapur district
- Karnataka : Ballari district
- Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kollam district
- Maharashtra : Akola district
- Odisha : Koraput district, Gajapati district, Cuttack district, Mayurbhanj district, Ganjam district, Bargarh district, Malkangiri district
- Tamil Nadu : Tiruvannamalai district
- Madhya Pradesh : Madhya Pradesh
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Delhi : Delhi
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Native : Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Sri Lanka, West Himalaya
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3
- J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa 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
- 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
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 146
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Mitragyna parvifolia. 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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