Randia uliginosa (Retz.) DC.

 
  • Family : RUBIACEAE
    (Madder Or Coffee Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : COFFEE FAMILY (कॉफी फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Rubiaceae
  • Basionym : Gardenia uliginosa Retz.
  • Synonym(s) : Randia uliginosa (Retz.) Poir; Catunaregam uliginosa (Retz.) Sivar.; Xeromphis uliginosa (Retz.) Maheshw.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Tamilnadia uliginosa (Retz.) Tirveng. & Sastre
  • Common name : Tamilnadia
  • Vernacular name :
    • Adaka bare, Adkale (Kannada)
    • Telkur (Oria)
    • Adavi manga (Telugu)
    • Karei Punnankara, Pindichakka (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Tropical moist deciduous forests, near wet places
  • Comments / notes : A rare species. Fruits are eaten as vegetable
  • Key identification features : A small tree with thorns
  • Flower, Fruit : April-January
  • Collection Nos : CJS 16785, KFP 12818
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, West Godavari district
    • Karnataka : Belagavi district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Kolar district, Shivamogga district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district, Dakshina Kannada district, Kolar district
    • Kerala : Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Odisha : Kalhandi district, Malkangiri district, Koraput district, Angul district, Mayurbhanj district
    • Madhya Pradesh : Madhya Pradesh
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Laos, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Laos, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
  • 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 and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
    • H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
    • N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
    • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Randia uliginosa. Downloaded on 4 October 2024.

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