- Family : RUTACEAE
(Rue Or Citrus Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : NIMBU FAMILY (नींबू फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Rutaceae
- Synonym(s) : Atalantia ceylanica (Arn.) Oliver
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Atalantia wightii Yu.Tanaka
- Vernacular name :
- Kattuelumachan (Malayalam)
- Habit : Shrub
- Habitat : Tropical semi-evergreen forests, Tropical evergreen forests
- Key identification features : Thorny shrub or small tree
- Flower, Fruit : November-June
- Collector(s) Name : S.R Ramesh, P.Prakash; Cecil J. Saldanha; S.R.Ramesh, S.B.Manohar
- Collection Nos : KFP 5411, KFP 7681
- Collection Locality : Begaru-Sringeri (Chikmagalur); B.R.Hills (Mysore)
- Distribution :
- Karnataka : Belagavi district, Chikkamagaluru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Uttara Kannada district
- Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Maharashtra : Aurangabad district, Jalna district, Parbhani district, Hingoli district, Beed district, Nanded district, Osmanabad district, Latur district, Ratnagiri district
- Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Madurai district, The Nilgiri district, Tirunelveli district
- Native : India
- World Distribution : Indo-Malesia
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka
- Saldanha, C. J. 1996. Flora of Karnataka vol. 2
- Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore
- Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1
- 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 wightii. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.
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