Wrightia arborea (Dennst.) Mabb.

 
  • 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 27 July 2024.

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