Fagraea ceilanica Thunb.

 
  • Family : LOGANIACEAE
    (Logania Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KAJARA FAMILY (कजरा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Gentianaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Willughbeia ceilanica (Thunb.) Spreng.; Atragene ceilanica (Thunb.) Gera; Willughbeia obovata (Wall.) Spreng.; Winchia cirrhifera Gardner ex Thwaites; Bertuchia speciosa Dennst. ex Kostel.; Fagraea birmanica Gand.; Fagraea chinensis Merr.; Fagraea gardneri Thwaites; Fagraea khasiana Benth.; Fagraea malabarica Wight; Fagraea malabarica Blume; Fagraea obovata Wall.; Fagraea obovata var. gardneri (Thwaites) C.B.Clarke; Fagraea prainii Gand.; Fagraea rostrata Blume; Fagraea sasakii Hayata; Gardenia heteroclyta J.Koenig ex Blume; Hillia prasiantha Lem.; Solandra oppositifolia Loudon ex G.Don; Solandra oppositifolia Moon
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Fagraea ceilanica Thunb.
  • Common name : Lau binh, Gia, Perfume Flower Tree, Pua Keni Keni, Trai Tichlan
  • Vernacular name :
    • Kompal, Modakam, Modakakkodi, Marunthankamaram, Omal, Vallerei, Vella rimodakam (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Shrub or small tree
  • Habitat : Moist deciduous, evergreen, semi-evergreen and Shola, also in sacred groves
  • Comments / notes : Frequent in forests
  • Key identification features : Shrubs or small trees, sometiomes climbing on bushes and rocks, usually with aerial roots; Leaves ovate or oblong-obovate; Flowers yellow in terminal, dichasial, thyrsoid cymes; Berries ovoid, brown to black; Seeds black.
  • Flower, Fruit : August- April
  • Collection Nos : HFP 2855, CJS 13358, CJS 14055
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Belagavi district, Chikkamagaluru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Uttara Kannada district, Udupi district
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Siang, Tirap
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vanuatu, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Indo-Malesia
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka
    • Balakrishna Gowda & A.N. Sringesh 2004 – Flora of Sringeri (checklist unpublished)
    • Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi district
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 175
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Fagraea ceilanica. Downloaded on 9 October 2024.

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