- Family : APOCYNACEAE
(Dogbane Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : KARONDA FAMILY (करौंदा फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Apocynaceae
- Synonym(s) : Beaumontia wallichii (A.DC.) Walp.; Chonemorpha vestita G.Don; Echites tomentosus Roth; Echites vestitus Roem. & Schult.; Hunteria eugeniifolia Wall. ex G.Don; Nerium coraea Buch.-Ham. ex A.DC.; Nerium tomentosum (Roem. & Schult.) Roxb.; Periploca arborea Dennst.; Wrightia coalita Buch.-Ham. ex Dillwyn; Wrightia hamiltoniana Wall.; Wrightia mollissima Wall.; Wrightia pubescens Roth; Wrightia rheedei Kostel.; Wrightia tomentosa subsp. pauciflora Ngan; Wrightia wallichii A.DC.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Wrightia arborea (Dennst.) Mabb.
- Vernacular name :
- Dudhi, Dharauli, Dhaira, Daira (Hindi)
- Kadu kanagilu, Benki gida (Kannada)
- Karuppalai (Tamil)
- Tella pala, Tedlapala, Paala adavi venkudu, Paala bariki, Nugu pala, Pedda paala, Kailamukri (Telugu)
- Phadkurwan, Bot-kurhein, Duku keruen, Sanchi kurchi, Phao Kurni, Dhubo kure, Pal kurwan, Harido (Oria)
- Tambda kuda (Marathi)
- Mylampala, Nilampala, Nettampala, Thouthapal (Malayalam)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Tropical dry deciduous forests and sacred groves
- Comments / notes : On hills to 1400m
- Flower, Fruit : April-December
- Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy, Arun Singh, Navendu Page
- Collection Date : 27/02/2016
- Collection Nos : HJCB-E-328
- Collection Locality : Barbera forest, Khurda district (OD)
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, East Godavari district, Vishakapatnam district, Kadapa district, Srikakulam district, Anantapur district
- Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Alappuzha district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Maharashtra : Akola district
- Odisha : Ganjam district, Koraput district, Bargarh district
- Tamil Nadu : Salem district, Vellore district
- Madhya Pradesh : Madhya Pradesh
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : North and Middle Andaman,Mt. Baker
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
- J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais 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
- J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2
- Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 205
- G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 162
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Wrightia arborea. Downloaded on 7 December 2024.
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