- Family : APOCYNACEAE
(Dogbane Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : KARONDA FAMILY (करौंदा फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Apocynaceae
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Wrightia tinctoria R.Br.
- Common name : Milky Way Tree, Pala Indigo Plant, Sweet indrajao
- Vernacular name :
- Mitaindrajou, Dodhi, Indrajau (Hindi)
- Kare kodasiga, Hale neeli kodumurki (Kannada)
- Vetpalai, Veppaalai, Irumpaalai (Tamil)
- Tella paala, Ankudu, Jedda paala, Akupala, Doddipala, Teddapala, Pala kordsha, Reppala, Chitti ankudu, Jeddepala, Palavara (Telugu)
- Pita karuan, Duda keruain, Dudhokriya, Kryo, Set kure (Oria)
- Shweta Kudaja (Sanskrit)
- Kala-kuda (Marathi)
- Aiyappala, Adukomba, Dhanthappala, Irumpala, Kambippala, Kotakappala, Neelappala, Thattan-chavana, Thinnamppala, Thondappala, Verrupala (Malayalam)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Tropical dry deciduous forests
- Comments / notes : On plains and hills to 1500m
- Flower, Fruit : February-October
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Vishakapatnam district, Kadapa district, Kurnool district, Guntur district, Kadapa district, East Godavari district, West Godavari district, Chittoor district
- Karnataka : Ballari district, Kolar district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Akola district
- Odisha : Cuttack district, Bargarh district
- Tamil Nadu : Dharmapuri district, Salem district
- Madhya Pradesh : Madhya Pradesh
- Delhi : Delhi
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Rajasthan : Jaisalmer district, Barmer district, Bikaner district, Jodhpur district
- Native : Australia, Asia
- World Distribution : India, Australia, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vienam
- Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
- J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2
- 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
- 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.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Wrightia tinctoria. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.
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