- Family : CONNARACEAE
(Indian Zebrawood Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : CONNARUS FAMILY
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Connaraceae
- Basionym : Aegiceras minus Gaertn.
- Synonym(s) : Cnestis acuminata Wall.; Cnestis erecta Blanco; Cnestis florida Jack; Cnestis glabra Blanco; Cnestis monadelpha DC.; Connarus javanicus Blume; Connarus obliquus (C.Presl) C.Presl; Connarus roxburghii Hook. & Arn.; Connarus santaloides Vahl; Omphalobium obliquum C.Presl; Omphalobium pictum Blanco; Pterotum procumbens Lour.; Rourea acropetala Pierre; Rourea acuminata Hook.f.; Rourea afzelii R.Br. ex Planch.; Rourea anomala King; Rourea bamangensis De Wild. & T.Durand; Rourea chiliantha Gilg; Rourea commutata Planch.; Rourea erecta (Blanco) Merr.; Rourea florida Miq.; Rourea gudjuana Gilg; Rourea heterophylla Planch.; Rourea humilis Blume; Rourea imbricata Elmer; Rourea javanica Blume; Rourea luzoniensis Merr.; Rourea microcarpa Elmer; Rourea millettii Planch.; Rourea multiflora Planch.; Rourea platysepala Baker; Rourea pulchella Planch.; Rourea rubella Pierre; Rourea samoensis Lauterb.; Rourea santaloides Wight & Arn.; Rourea simplicifolia Blume; Rourea sookurthoontee Voigt; Rourea splendida Gilg; Rourea striata De Wild.; Rourea subvolubilis Elmer; Rourea unifoliolata Merr.; Rourea volubilis Merr.; Santalodes acuminatum (Hook.f.) Kuntze; Santalodes floridum (Miq.) Kuntze; Santalodes hermannianum Kuntze; Santalodes heterophyllum (Planch.) Kuntze; Santalodes monadelphum Kuntze; Santalodes multiflorum (Planch.) Kuntze; Santalodes pulchellum (Planch.) Kuntze; Santalodes roxburghii Kuntze; Santalodes simplicifolium (Blume) Kuntze; Santaloides acropetala (Pierre) G.Schellenb.; Santaloides afzelii (R.Br. ex Planch.) G.Schellenb.; Santaloides anomala (King) G.Schellenb.; Santaloides bamangensis (De Wild. & T.Durand) G.Schellenb.; Santaloides beccarii G.Schellenb.; Santaloides celebica G.Schellenb.; Santaloides cordata G.Schellenb.; Santaloides desmos Guillaumin; Santaloides discolor G.Schellenb.; Santaloides elmeri G.Schellenb.; Santaloides erecta (Blanco) G.Schellenb.; Santaloides gossweileri Exell & Mendonça; Santaloides gudjuana (Gilg) G.Schellenb.; Santaloides luzoniensis (Merr.) G.Schellenb.; Santaloides minor (Gaertn.) G.Schellenb.; Santaloides minor subsp. monadelpha (DC.) Y.M.Shui; Santaloides papuana G.Schellenb.; Santaloides pierreana G.Schellenb.; Santaloides platysepala (Baker) G.Schellenb.; Santaloides rubella (Pierre) G.Schellenb.; Santaloides samoensis (Lauterb.) G.Schellenb.; Santaloides siamensis G.Schellenb.; Santaloides splendida (Gilg) G.Schellenb.; Santaloides sumatrensis G.Schellenb.; Santaloides urophylla G.Schellenb.; Santaloides vitiensis G.Schellenb.; Tali minor (Gaertn.) M.R.Almeida; Connaropsis varians Craib; Sarcotheca paniculata Ridl.; Sarcotheca varians (Craib) R.Knuth' Aegiceras minus Gaertn.; Rhizophora aegiceras C.F.Gaertn.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Rourea minor (Gaertn.) Alston
- Vernacular name :
- Kalavidhara, Vidhara (Hindi)
- Huleechala balli (Kannada)
- Chandrapudi (Telugu)
- Cheriyamarikunni, Kuriel (Malayalam)
- Habit : Shrub
- Habitat : Tropical semi-evergreen forests, also in sacred groves
- Key identification features : Climbing shrub
- Flower, Fruit : December-August
- Distribution :
- Karnataka : Kodagu (Coorg) district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Odisha : Cuttack district, Kendrapara district, Kandhamal district
- Tamil Nadu : Kanyakumari district, The Nilgiri district, Tirunelveli district
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : South Andaman,Port Blair taluk,Port Mout and Long Island
- Native : India, Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Borneo, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, East Himalaya, Fiji, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Mal
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Andaman & Nicobar (India), Southeast Asia, South China, Bangladesh, Hainan, Queensland, New Caledonia, The New Hebrides, Fiji, Samoa Islands, Malaysia
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
- Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 143
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Rourea minor. Downloaded on 5 October 2024.
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