- Family : RUBIACEAE
(Madder Or Coffee Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : COFFEE FAMILY (कॉफी फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Rubiaceae
- Basionym : Cinchona orixensis Roxb.
- Synonym(s) : Cinchona excelsa Roxb.; Hymenodictyon excelsum (Roxb.) Wall.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Hymenodictyon orixense (Roxb.) Mabb.
- Common name : Bridal Couch Tree, Kuthan
- Vernacular name :
- Bahaulan, Kukurkat, Bhurkur, Bhanlan, Bhamin, Dhauli (Hindi)
- Dodda toppemara (Kannada)
- Kadappu, Kotthamaram (Tamil)
- Durrudippa, Dudippa, Dadiyetta, Burja (Telugu)
- Bodika, Konu, Ghuli, Kansa Bhurkunda, Bohramal (Oria)
- Bringha vraksha (Sanskrit)
- Dudippa (Telugu)
- Chakkathekku, Ithil, Ittiyila, Nicham, Malamkall, Perumtholi, Perantholi, Vellakdamabu (Malayalam)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Tropical dry deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Comments / notes : On higher hills of deciduous slopes up to 1400m.
- Flower, Fruit : August-January
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, Kadapa district, East Godavari district, Srikakulam district, West Godavari district, Vishakapatnam district
- Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Ballari district, Tumakuru district, Udupi district, Dakshina Kannada district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Odisha : Mayurbhanj district
- Tamil Nadu : Salem district
- Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3
- J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- 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
- N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg District
- Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi District
- Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Hymenodictyon orixense. Downloaded on 7 October 2024.
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