Gardneria ovata Wall.

 
  • Family : LOGANIACEAE
    (Logania Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KAJARA FAMILY (कजरा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Loganiaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Gardneria oblonga F.Dietr.; Gardneria wallichii Wight ex Wall.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Gardneria ovata Wall.
  • Habit : Climbing shrub
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests, Shola, also in sacred groves
  • Key identification features : Large, woody climbers; stems twisted; Leaves ovate-lanceolate or ovate-elliptic, pale green, oily and shining; Flowers in paniculate cymes, pale yellow; Berries globose, scarlet at maturity; Seeds black.
  • Flower, Fruit : February-December
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Hassan district, Mysuru district, Kodagu (Coorg) district
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Idukki district
    • Tamil Nadu : Dindigul district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Kameng, Lohit, Tirap
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, China, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Indo-Malesia
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan District
    • Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg District
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 175-176
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Gardneria ovata. Downloaded on 11 October 2024.

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