Rubus niveus Thunb.

 
  • Family : ROSACEAE
    (Rose Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GULAB FAMILY (गुलाब फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Rosaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Rubus foliolosus D.Don
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Rubus niveus Thunb.
  • Common name : Ceylon Raspberry, Mysore Raspberry, Mahabaleshwar Raspberry, Snowpeaks raspberry
  • Vernacular name :
    • Kalahinsalu, Kalianchhi (Hindi)
    • Gomili (Kannada)
    • Kolaalindu, Karunkanni, Vellaicheethi (Tamil)
    • Karimcheechi (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Climbing shrub
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests, Tropical moist deciduous forests, also in grasslands
  • Comments / notes : On hills above 1200m by shola borders or on bare slopes. A ready colonizer.
  • Key identification features : Druplets black, hoary, stone pitted
  • Flower, Fruit : November-July
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district
    • Karnataka : Kolar district
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Odisha : Kalhandi district, Ganjam district
    • Tamil Nadu : Salem district, Namakkal district, Megamalai Wildlife Sanctuary, Theni district
    • Uttarakhand : Valley of Flowers,Dehradun district
    • West Bengal : Darjeeling district
    • Himachal Pradesh : Chamba district,Kinnaur district,Kullu district,Shimla district
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : India, Afghanistan, Himalayas, Myanmar, Thailand, China, Malaysia, Myanmar, Java, Thailand, Indo-China, Malaysia
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
    • Karuppusamy 2014
    • N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Ravichandran V personal observation 2014 July
    • Oleg P & Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press: 111
    • Nair, N. G (1977).Flora of Bashahr Himalayas. International Bioscience Publishers: 101
    • Chowdhery, H. J. & Wadhwa, B. H (1984). Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol. 1. Published BSI:256
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Rubus niveus. Downloaded on 14 October 2024.

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