- Family : APOCYNACEAE
(Dogbane Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : KARONDA FAMILY (करौंदा फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Apocynaceae
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Alstonia venenata R.Br.
- Vernacular name :
- Addasoppada mara (Kannada)
- Edakaulapala (Telugu)
- Dhakara, Bagmari, Bagmuhi, Romajita (Oria)
- Raja adana, Anadana (Sanskrit)
- Kuttippala, Palamunpala, Perumarunnu, Theeppala (Malayalam)
- Habit : Shrub
- Habitat : Tropical moist deciduous forests, Tropical dry deciduous forests, Tropical evergreen forests
- Comments / notes : Often in forest clearings. Frequent in the hills
- Flower, Fruit : November-August
- Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy, Noel Sebastian
- Collection Date : 23-11-2018
- Collection Nos : HJCB-1730
- Collection Locality : Paudikkadu, Theni district, Tamil Nadu
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Srikakulam district, Vishakapatnam district, Vizianagaram district, East Godavari district, West Godavari district, Krishna district, Guntur district, Prakasam district, Kurnool district, Nellore district, Kadapa district, Anantapur district, Chittoor district
- Telangana : Khammam district, Nalgonda district, Mehboobnagar district
- Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Chikkamagaluru district, Shivamogga district
- Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Odisha : Ganjam district, Boudh district, Angul district, Kalhandi district, Mayurbhanj district, Koraput district, Bargarh district, Rayagada district
- Tamil Nadu : Theni district, Dindigul district, Coimbatore district, The Nilgiri district, Kanyakumari district, Tirunelveli district, Villipuram district
- Native : India
- Exotic/Native : Native
- Endemism : Peninsular India
- World Distribution : India
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Yoganarasimhan et al., 1981 – Flora of Chikmagalur
- Herbarium specimen from Paudikkadu, Theni district, Tamil Nadu (Not scanned)
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Alstonia venenata. Downloaded on 13 December 2024.
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