- Family : OCHNACEAE
(Ochna Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : RAMDHAN CHAPA FAMILY (रामधन चम्पा फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Ochnaceae
- Synonym(s) : Ochna beddomei Gamble; Ochna obtusata var. gamblei (King ex Brandis) Kanis
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Ochna gamblei King ex Brandis
- Common name : Ramdhan Champa
- Vernacular name :
- Ramatana champaka (Hindi)
- Narole, Ramatana champaka (Kannada)
- Kuka moi, Chitti moi (Telugu)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Tropical dry deciduous forests, Rocky areas and hill tracts
- Comments / notes : Wood reddish-brown, moderately hard and close grained, used in the andaman only as ballis for making huts etc
- Flower, Fruit : February-July
- Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha; Raja K.Swamy
- Collection Date : 20-03-1970, 25-06-2010
- Collection Nos : CJS 16633; FAP 39157
- Collection Locality : Doddagonnakere, Tumkur district (KA); Batrepalli, Anantapur district (AP)
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Anantapur district, Kadapa district, Nellore district, Kurnool district, Prakasam district, Guntur district, Krishna district, West Godavari district, East Godavari district, Vizianagaram district, Vishakapatnam district, Srikakulam district
- Telangana : Mehboobnagar district, Nalgonda district, Khammam district
- Karnataka : Ballari district, Hassan district, Kolar district, Mandya district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Tumakuru district, Uttara Kannada district
- Kerala : Alappuzha district, Kollam district
- Maharashtra : Mumbai Suburban district, Chandrapur district
- Odisha : Ganjam district
- Tamil Nadu : Madurai district, Salem district, Dharmapuri district, Namakkal district, Tiruchirapalli district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Vellore district, Tiruvannamalai district
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman Islands
- Native : India
- Exotic/Native : Native
- Endemism : Central and Peninsular India
- World Distribution : India
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
- J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1
- N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka
- Flora of Karnataka, Saldanha, 1984
- J.L. Ellis, 1987. Flora of Nallamalais
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol.1
- 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: 114
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Ochna gamblei. Downloaded on 16 October 2024.
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