Coffea wightiana Wall. ex Wight & Arn.

 
  • Family : RUBIACEAE
    (Madder Or Coffee Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : COFFEE FAMILY (कॉफी फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Rubiaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Psilanthus wightianus (Wight & Arn.) J. Leroy
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Psilanthus wightianus (Wall. ex Wight & Arn.) J.-F.Leroy
  • Vernacular name :
    • Vaedan, Uppulaathi (Tamil)
    • Vadamally (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Habitat : Tropical semi-evergreen forests and deciduous forests, and scrub jungles
  • Comments / notes : Occasional on plains of scrub jungles to 400m
  • Flower, Fruit : January-July
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Nellore district
    • Kerala : Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kollam district
    • Tamil Nadu : Salem district, Dindigul district, Pudukkottai district, Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district), Coimbatore district, Tirunelveli district
  • Native : India, Sri Lanka
  • World Distribution : Eastern Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3
    • 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.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Coffea wightiana. Downloaded on 8 December 2024.

Botanical Description

India Distribution

World Distribution

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