Atalantia racemosa Wight & Arn.

 
  • 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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