Rauvolfia densiflora (Wall.) Benth.ex Hook.f.

 
  • Family : APOCYNACEAE
    (Dogbane Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KARONDA FAMILY (करौंदा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Apocynaceae
  • Basionym : Tabernaemontana densiflora Wall.
  • Synonym(s) : Dissolena verticillata Lour.; Rauvolfia verticillata (Lour.) Baill.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Rauvolfia verticillata (Lour.) Baill.
  • Vernacular name :
    • Amalpori, Vanduvara (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests
  • Comments / notes : Very rare in Eastern Ghats up to 1300m..
  • Flower, Fruit : March-April
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Uttara Kannada district
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Maharashtra : Satara district
    • Tamil Nadu : Megamalai Wildlife Sanctuary, Theni district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
  • Native : Borneo, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Myanmar, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Ravichandran V personal observation 2014 July
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 158
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Rauvolfia densiflora. Downloaded on 9 October 2024.

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