Azima tetracantha Lam.

 
  • Family : SALVADORACEAE
    (Salvadora Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : PEELU FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Salvadoraceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Azima tetracantha Lam.
  • Common name : Mistletoe
  • Vernacular name :
    • Kanta gur kamai (Hindi)
    • Yessagale, Biliuppina gida, Goni gida (Kannada)
    • Mulsangu (Tamil)
    • Tella Uppili, Mursangu, Mundra Kampa, Puttu podha, Uppara podha (Telugu)
    • Kundali (Sanskrit)
    • Essanku, Yeshenku, Sankukuppi (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Habitat : Scrub and the foothills of the deciduous forests, Tropical dry deciduous forests, also homesteads
  • Key identification features : Armed shrub
  • Flower, Fruit : February-September
  • Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh, Raja K.Swamy, Rajasri Ray
  • Collection Date : 09/12/2014
  • Collection Nos : HJCB-E-50
  • Collection Locality : Pungalam R.F., Jawadhu Hills, Tiruvannamalai district (TN)
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : West Godavari district, Srikakulam district, Chittoor district
    • Karnataka : Ballari district, Kolar district, Bengaluru district, Chitradurga district, Davanagare district, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Tumakuru district
    • Kerala : Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kollam district
    • Odisha : Balasore district, Puri district, Kendrapara district, HD, Ganjam district
    • Tamil Nadu : Villipuram district, Tiruvannamalai district
  • Native : India
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Arabia through Africa, Madagascar, Philippines
  • 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
    • R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
    • R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
    • N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan district
    • 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
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg district
    • Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District
    • N.P.Singh, 1988- Flora of Eastern Karnataka
    • Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Azima tetracantha. Downloaded on 14 December 2024.

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