- Family : OCHNACEAE
(Ochna Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : RAMDHAN CHAPA FAMILY (रामधन चम्पा फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Ochnaceae
- Basionym : Meesia serrata Gaertn.
- Synonym(s) : Campylospermum serratum (Gaertn.) Bittrich & M.C.E. Amaral; Gomphia angustifolia Vahl; Ouratea angustifolia Baill. ex Laness.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Campylospermum serratum (Gaertn.) Bittrich & M.C.E.Amaral
- Vernacular name :
- Ramanchi (Tamil)
- Kempu kuntala (Kannada)
- Aanaperal, Chavakambu, Chavetti, Chokkatti, valermani (Malayalam)
- Habit : Shrub or Tree
- Habitat : Tropical semi-evergreen forests, Tropical moist deciduous forests, Hill tracts
- Comments / notes : Rare
- Key identification features : Shrub or small tree with shining leaves
- Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
- Collection Nos : KFP 564, KFP 576
- Distribution :
- Karnataka : Dakshina Kannada district, Udupi district
- Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Kottayam district, Alappuzha district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Tamil Nadu : Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Coimbatore district, Tirunelveli district
- Native : Borneo, Cambodia, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Borneo, Cambodia, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
- Literature :
- Cecil J. Saldanha, S. R. Ramesh (1984). Flora of Karnataka State vol. 1. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi District
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Gomphia serrata. Downloaded on 18 February 2025.
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