Ervatamia heyneana (Wall.) T.Cooke

 
  • Family : APOCYNACEAE
    (Dogbane Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KARONDA FAMILY (करौंदा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Apocynaceae
  • Basionym : Tabernaemontana heyneana Wall.
  • Synonym(s) : Ervatamia alternifolia (L.) S.M.Almeida; Pagiantha crispa (Roxb.) Markgr.; Pagiantha heyneana (Wall.) Markgr.; Tabernaemontana crispa Roxb.; Tabernaemontana intercedens Van Heurck & Müll.Arg.; Tabernaemontana oblonga Wall.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Tabernaemontana alternifolia L.
  • Vernacular name :
    • Yentan, Maddarasai, Nandi botlu gida (Kannada)
    • Kundalappala, Kunninpala, Kuruttupala, Koonampala (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Tropical moist deciduous forests
  • Comments / notes : Tropical moist deciduous forests, also in Sacred groves. Pollinated by night flying moths
  • Flower, Fruit : March-October
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Davanagare district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Kolar district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Tumakuru district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district, Dakshina Kannada district
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  • Endemism : Peninsular India
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Saldanha & Nicolson 1976. Flora of Hassan District
    • Seetharam et al., 2000 – Flora of Gulbarga District
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg District
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi District
    • Harish Bhat et al, 2013- Netrani Island Report
    • Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District
    • Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere District
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
    • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 205
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Ervatamia heyneana. Downloaded on 7 October 2024.

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