Cnestis ramiflora Griff.

 
  • Family : CONNARACEAE
    (Indian Zebrawood Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : CONNARUS FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Connaraceae
  • Synonym(s) : Cnestis annamensis Gagnep.; Cnestis diffusa Blanco; Cnestis flaminea Griff.; Cnestis flammea Kurz; Cnestis foliosa Planch. ex Kurz; Cnestis ignea Planch. ex Kurz; Cnestis platantha Griff.; Connarus foliosus Jack; Connarus igneus Wall.; Connarus polyphyllus Miq.; Rourea dasyphylla Miq.; Santalodes dasyphyllum Kuntze; Thysanus cochinchinensis DC.; Thysanus palala Lour.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Cnestis palala (Lour.) Merr.
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Key identification features : A scandent shrub with dark brown branchlets, all softer parts pubescent. Flowers yellowish, fasciculate from the scars of fallen leavrs; petals 5. Follicle falcate, curved, 1-3 together, bright-red
  • Flower, Fruit : November-March
  • Distribution :
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  • Native : Andaman Is., Borneo, Cambodia, Hainan, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • Literature :
    • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 143
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Cnestis ramiflora. Downloaded on 16 October 2024.

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