Fergusonia zeylanica Hook.f

 
  • Family : RUBIACEAE
    (Madder Or Coffee Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : COFFEE FAMILY (कॉफी फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Rubiaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Borreria tetracocca Thwaites; Fergusonia tetracocca (Thwaites) Baill.; Fergusonia thwaitesii Hook.f.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Fergusonia zeylanica Hook.f
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests, Southern subtropical hill forests
  • Key identification features : Herbs with branchlets acute; Leaves subsessile, lanceolate, scabrous; Stipules connate; Flowers are axillary, pedicelled; bracteolate; Calyx-tube campanulate, lobed; Corolla-tube funnel-shaped, villous, lobed; Stamens inserted; filaments short; Style filiform with stigmatic lobes two in no.; Fruit crowned; Seeds oblong and fleshy.
  • Flower, Fruit : April-May
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Dakshina Kannada district, Kodagu (Coorg) district
    • Kerala : Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Tamil Nadu : Madurai district, Tirunelveli district
  • Native : India
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • Endemism : India
  • World Distribution : India
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Sharma B.D, 1984 - Flora of Karnataka Analysis
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1987). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 2.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Fergusonia zeylanica. Downloaded on 7 October 2024.

Habitat

India Distribution

World Distribution

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