Myxopyrum smilacifolium (Wall.) Blume

 
  • Family : OLEACEAE
    (Olive Or Jasmine Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : MOGRA FAMILY (मोगरा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Oleaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Myxopyrum serratulum A.W.Hill
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Myxopyrum smilacifolium (Wall.) Blume
  • Vernacular name :
    • Chathuramulla, Chathuravalli, Chathurakkodi (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Climber
  • Habitat : Tropical semi-evergreen forests, Tropical evergreen forests, also in sacred groves
  • Key identification features : Large, woody sprawlers; branches quadrangular, glabrous; Leaves oblong to elliptic-ovate, acute, minutely toothed; Flowers yellowish in terminal panicles; Berries subglobose to obovoid, 1-2 -seeded, bright orange.
  • Flower, Fruit : February-August
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Siang, Tirap
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Hainan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Southeast Asia and India
  • Literature :
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 149
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Myxopyrum smilacifolium. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.

Habitat

India Distribution

World Distribution

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