Kopsia fruticosa (Roxb.) A. DC.

 
  • Family : APOCYNACEAE
    (Dogbane Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KARONDA FAMILY (करौंदा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Apocynaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Calpicarpum roxburghii G.Don; Cerbera fruticosa Roxb.; Kopsia roxburghii (G.Don) Pharm. ex Wehmer; Kopsia ornata Mottet; Kopsia vinciflora Blume; Tabernaemontana longiflora Rusby; Tabernaemontana rosea Ten.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Kopsia fruticosa (Roxb.) A. DC.
  • Common name : Shrub Vinca, Pink Kopsia, Pink Gardenia
  • Vernacular name :
    • Kopsia (Malayalam)
    • Gutti ganneru (Telugu)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Comments / notes : Cultivated in gardens
  • Key identification features : Large, evergreen shrubs; Leaves broadly elliptic-Ianceolate, entire, glabrous, obtusely caudate; Inflorescence terminal cyme; Flowers pink; Fruits with 2, obovoid or obliquely quadrate, coriaceous, fleshy carpels; Seeds oblong.
  • Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
  • Distribution :
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
  • Native : Andaman Islands, Myanmar
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Throughout India, Southeast Asia
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 156
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Kopsia fruticosa. Downloaded on 14 October 2024.

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