- Family : CELASTRACEAE
(STAFF VINE FAMILY or BITTERSWEET FAMILY)
- Family (as per The Plant List) : Celastraceae
- Species : Pleurostylia opposita
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Pleurostylia opposita (Wall.) Alston
- Vernacular name : Siriu piyari, Karuvaali (Tam.); Kunti Chinta (Tel.)
- Collection Nos : HJCB-0023; HJCB-0113
- Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh R., K.R.K.Swamy, Rajasri Ray; K.R.K.Swamy, Arun Singh R. & K.Sankara Rao
- Collection Date : 12/09/14; 26/10/2014
- Collection Locality : Alangayam R.F., Javadhu Hills, Tamil Nadu State; Talakona Reserve Forest, Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh State
- Habitat : Mixed-deciduous forest
- Habit : Tree
- Flower, Fruit : June-September
- Comments : Occasional on foothills to 1400 m in a range of habitats, from full sun-exposed slopes to the interior of sholas.
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Distribution Locality : Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district), Javdhu Hills (Tiruvannamalai district, former North Arcot) (Tamil Nadu State); Visakhapatnam district, Nellore district, Kadapa district, Chittoor district (Andhra Pradesh State)
- World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Madagascar, Mauritius
- Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; Sankar,R.V., R. Kottaimuthu & K. Ravikumar (2009). Additions to the flora of Sirumalai Hills, Eastern Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 1(7): 379-381.; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.; Naidu, M.T. & O.A. Kumar (2015). Tree species diversity in the Eastern Ghats of northern Andhra Pradesh, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 7(8): 7443-7459
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Pleurostylia opposita. Downloaded on 2 May 2024.
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