Anodendron paniculatum (Roxb.) A.DC.

 
  • Family : APOCYNACEAE
    (Dogbane Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KARONDA FAMILY (करौंदा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Apocynaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Anodendron lanceolatum King & Gamble; Anodendron manubriatum (Wall. ex Steud.) Merr.; Anodendron moluccanum Miq.; Anodendron rhinosporum Thwaites; Anodendron sutepense Kerr; Anodendron tenuiflorum (Miq.) Miq.; Echites manubriatus Wall. ex Steud.; Echites paniculatus Roxb.; Echites parviflorus Roxb.; Echites polyanthus Wall.; Echites trichotomus Desf.; Epigynum parviflorum (Roxb.) Hook.f.; Gymnema nepaulense J.Graham; Ichnocarpus paniculatus Moon; Strophanthus balansae Franch.; Tabernaemontana tenuiflora Miq.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Anodendron parviflorum (Roxb.) I.M.Turner
  • Common name : Lantani
  • Vernacular name :
    • Maniballi (Kannada)
    • Sarakodi (Tamil)
    • Kakkakodi (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Liana
  • Habitat : Tropical moist deciduous forests, Tropical evergreen forests, Tropical semi-evergreen forests, Tropical dry deciduous forests
  • Comments / notes : Rare in moist and cool ravines. Grows on brown soil at higher elevations
  • Key identification features : Large, glabrous, woody climbers; Leaves large, elliptic or oblong, obtusely cuspidate, thinly coriaceous; Inflorescence terminal, panicled cyme, repeatedly trichotomously branched; Flowers yellowish white; Follicles divaricate, glabrous; Seeds compressed, beaked.
  • Flower, Fruit : February-April;October
  • Collector(s) Name : K. Sankara Rao, Arun Singh, Raja K. Swamy& Navendu Page
  • Collection Date : 23/02/2016
  • Collection Nos : HJCB-0459
  • Collection Locality : RPRC Garden, Bhubaneswar, Khurda district
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district
    • Karnataka : Dakshina Kannada district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district
    • Kerala : Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Ernakulam district, Idukki district, Alappuzha district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Maharashtra : Lonavala
    • Odisha : Koraput district, Kalhandi district, Kandhamal district, Ganjam district
    • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Dindigul district, Madurai district, Salem district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Tirap
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  • Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Java to Philippines
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
    • Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Flora of Udupi
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 207
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 151
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Anodendron paniculatum. Downloaded on 7 October 2024.

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