- Family : APOCYNACEAE
(Dogbane Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : KARONDA FAMILY (करौंदा फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Apocynaceae
- Synonym(s) : Ervatamia divaricata (L.) Burkill
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Tabernaemontana divaricata (L.) R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult.
- Common name : East Indian Rosebay, Pinwheel flower
- Vernacular name :
- Nandivriksha (Sanskrit)
- Chandini, Tagar (Hindi)
- Nandibatlu (Kannada)
- Gandhi tagarapu, Nandi vardhanamu (Telugu)
- Nanthiyaavattai (Tamil)
- Tagar (Oria)
- Kattampale, Nandiyar-vattom, Nandiya-vartham (Malayalam)
- Habit : Tree or shrub
- Comments / notes : Cultivated in gardens
- Key identification features : Bushy, dichotomously branched shrubs, 1-4 m tall; Leaves ellitpic or oblong-Ianceolate, acute, acuminate or caudate at apex, cuneate at base; Inflorescence axillary or terminal, lax, corymbose cyme; Flowers white, fragrant; corolla tube slender, slightly dilated at middle; Follicles 2, divaricate, 3-ribbed; Seeds enclosed in red aril.
- Flower, Fruit : January- December
- Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha
- Collection Date : 03/67
- Collection Nos : SJC 11007
- Collection Locality : Bangalore
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : All districts of Andhra Pradesh
- Karnataka : All districts of Karnataka
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Odisha : Odisha
- Tamil Nadu : Tamil Nadu
- Jharkhand :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Dibang valley, Kameng, Lohit, Siang
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Delhi : Delhi
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Sharma B.D, 1984 - Flora of Karnataka Analysis
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 160-161
- Indigenous Plants at Biodiversity Park, Ranchi - Ranchi Afforestation Division, Forest and Environmental Department, Jharkhand
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Tabernaemontana divaricata. Downloaded on 14 October 2024.
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