Rhamnus wightii Wight & Arn.

 
  • Family : RHAMNACEAE
    (Buckthorn Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BER FAMILY (बेर फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Rhamnaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Unresolved name
  • Vernacular name :
    • Kokkuvalli (Malayalam)
    • Peyppula (Tamil)
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Habitat : Montane scrub jungles and Shola
  • Key identification features : Large woody climbing unarmed shrub. Berry globose, smooth, reddish purple when ripe
  • Flower, Fruit : January-May
  • Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha
  • Collection Date : 30-08-1954
  • Collection Nos : CS 1197
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district
    • Kerala : Idukki district
    • Maharashtra : Pune district
    • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Madurai district, The Nilgiri district
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Nepal
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Yoganarasimhan, SN., Subramanyam and Razi, BA (1981). Flora of Chikmagalur District, Karnataka. Intl, Book Distri., Dehra Dun, Uttarakhand, India
    • N.P. Sing & S. Karthikeyan 2000. Flora of Maharashtra vol 1
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Rhamnus wightii. Downloaded on 3 November 2024.

Botanical Description

Herbarium Specimen(s)

India Distribution

World Distribution

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