- Family : OPILIACEAE
(False Olive Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : CANSJERA FAMILY
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Opiliaceae
- Synonym(s) : Cansjera lanceolata Benth.; Cansjera malabarica Lam.; Cansjera monostachya M.Roem.; Cansjera polystachya M.Roem.; Cansjera scandens Roxb.; Cansjera zizyphifolia Griff.; Octoplis polistachya Raf.; Opilia amentacea Wall.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Cansjera rheedei J.F.Gmel.
- Vernacular name :
- Kalimanakeerai, Minnaikkali (Tamil)
- Bhadar, Jhantika (Oria)
- Habit : Shrub
- Habitat : Deciduous forests and scrub jungles, also in sacred groves
- Comments / notes : On hills to 1400m.
- Key identification features : A straggling half-scandent shrub armed with stout spines; branchlets-greenish.
- Flower, Fruit : October-May
- Collector(s) Name : K.Sankara Rao, Malati K. Rao; K. Sankara Rao, Arun Singh, Raja K.Swamy
- Collection Date : 26-02-2016, 19-11-2014
- Collection Nos : HJCB-0562; HJCB-0143
- Collection Locality : Davalagiri, Bhubaneswar (OD); Palamner forest, Chittoor district (AP)
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Chittoor district, Kadapa district, Vishakapatnam district, East Godavari district
- Karnataka : Kolar district, Belagavi district
- Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Alappuzha district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Maharashtra : Mumbai Suburban district, Kolhapur district, Pune district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Satara district, Sindhudurg district, Thane district
- Odisha : Bolangir district, Puri district
- Tamil Nadu : Hills of Tamil Nadu
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : North and Middle Andaman,South Andaman, Macpherson Strait
- Native : India, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : India through Malaya to Hong Kong and North Australia
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
- Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
- Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 125
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Cansjera rheedei. Downloaded on 7 October 2024.
|
|
Botanical Description
|
|
|
Herbarium Specimen(s)
|
|
|
|
Line Drawings
|
|
|
Field Image(s)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
India Distribution
|
|
World Distribution
|
|
|