- Family : RUTACEAE
(Rue Or Citrus Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : NIMBU FAMILY (नींबू फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Rutaceae
- Synonym(s) : Atalantia racemosa var. bourdillonii K.Narayanan & M.P.Nayar
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Atalantia racemosa Wight ex Hook.
- Common name : Wild Lime
- Vernacular name :
- Hucchu nimbe (Kannada)
- Kattu-narangam, Perungurundu (Tamil)
- Kadanimma (Telugu)
- Run limbu, Makad limbu (Marathi)
- Kattunaragam, Cherukoortham (Malayalam)
- Habit : Shrub
- Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests, Tropical semi-evergreen forests, Tropical dry deciduous forests
- Key identification features : Flower white, Seed small and round, with a hard outer shell
- Flower, Fruit : October-May
- Collector(s) Name : C.Saldanha
- Collection Date : 06/03/1976
- Collection Nos : 18989
- Collection Locality : Bannerghatta National Park
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Kadapa district (Kadapa district), Talakona RF (Chittoor district)
- Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Chikkamagaluru district, Kolar district, Mandya district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Tumakuru district, Uttara Kannada district
- Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district, Thrissur district, Kollam district
- Maharashtra : Ahmednagar district, Kolhapur district, Nashik district, Pune district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Satara district, Sindhudurg district, Thane district
- Tamil Nadu : Salem district, Coimbatore district, Kanyakumari district, Madurai district, The Nilgiri district, Ramanathapuram district, Tiruchirapalli district, Dharmapuri district, Villipuram district, Cuddalore district
- Native : India, Myanmar, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : India, Myanmar, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1
- N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka Vol. 1
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1
- Saldanha, C.J. (1996). Flora of Karnataka vol. 2. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi
- Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 – Flora of Bangalore district
- Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District
- Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District
- N.P. Sing & S. Karthikeyan 2000. Flora of Maharastra vol 1. Botanical survey of India, Govt. India.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Atalantia racemosa. Downloaded on 27 July 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Line Drawings
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Field Image(s)
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Habitat
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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