Rourea minor (Gaertn.) Alston

 
  • Family : CONNARACEAE
    (Indian Zebrawood Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : CONNARUS FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Connaraceae
  • Basionym : Aegiceras minus Gaertn.
  • Synonym(s) : Cnestis acuminata Wall.; Cnestis erecta Blanco; Cnestis florida Jack; Cnestis glabra Blanco; Cnestis monadelpha DC.; Connarus javanicus Blume; Connarus obliquus (C.Presl) C.Presl; Connarus roxburghii Hook. & Arn.; Connarus santaloides Vahl; Omphalobium obliquum C.Presl; Omphalobium pictum Blanco; Pterotum procumbens Lour.; Rourea acropetala Pierre; Rourea acuminata Hook.f.; Rourea afzelii R.Br. ex Planch.; Rourea anomala King; Rourea bamangensis De Wild. & T.Durand; Rourea chiliantha Gilg; Rourea commutata Planch.; Rourea erecta (Blanco) Merr.; Rourea florida Miq.; Rourea gudjuana Gilg; Rourea heterophylla Planch.; Rourea humilis Blume; Rourea imbricata Elmer; Rourea javanica Blume; Rourea luzoniensis Merr.; Rourea microcarpa Elmer; Rourea millettii Planch.; Rourea multiflora Planch.; Rourea platysepala Baker; Rourea pulchella Planch.; Rourea rubella Pierre; Rourea samoensis Lauterb.; Rourea santaloides Wight & Arn.; Rourea simplicifolia Blume; Rourea sookurthoontee Voigt; Rourea splendida Gilg; Rourea striata De Wild.; Rourea subvolubilis Elmer; Rourea unifoliolata Merr.; Rourea volubilis Merr.; Santalodes acuminatum (Hook.f.) Kuntze; Santalodes floridum (Miq.) Kuntze; Santalodes hermannianum Kuntze; Santalodes heterophyllum (Planch.) Kuntze; Santalodes monadelphum Kuntze; Santalodes multiflorum (Planch.) Kuntze; Santalodes pulchellum (Planch.) Kuntze; Santalodes roxburghii Kuntze; Santalodes simplicifolium (Blume) Kuntze; Santaloides acropetala (Pierre) G.Schellenb.; Santaloides afzelii (R.Br. ex Planch.) G.Schellenb.; Santaloides anomala (King) G.Schellenb.; Santaloides bamangensis (De Wild. & T.Durand) G.Schellenb.; Santaloides beccarii G.Schellenb.; Santaloides celebica G.Schellenb.; Santaloides cordata G.Schellenb.; Santaloides desmos Guillaumin; Santaloides discolor G.Schellenb.; Santaloides elmeri G.Schellenb.; Santaloides erecta (Blanco) G.Schellenb.; Santaloides gossweileri Exell & Mendonça; Santaloides gudjuana (Gilg) G.Schellenb.; Santaloides luzoniensis (Merr.) G.Schellenb.; Santaloides minor (Gaertn.) G.Schellenb.; Santaloides minor subsp. monadelpha (DC.) Y.M.Shui; Santaloides papuana G.Schellenb.; Santaloides pierreana G.Schellenb.; Santaloides platysepala (Baker) G.Schellenb.; Santaloides rubella (Pierre) G.Schellenb.; Santaloides samoensis (Lauterb.) G.Schellenb.; Santaloides siamensis G.Schellenb.; Santaloides splendida (Gilg) G.Schellenb.; Santaloides sumatrensis G.Schellenb.; Santaloides urophylla G.Schellenb.; Santaloides vitiensis G.Schellenb.; Tali minor (Gaertn.) M.R.Almeida; Connaropsis varians Craib; Sarcotheca paniculata Ridl.; Sarcotheca varians (Craib) R.Knuth' Aegiceras minus Gaertn.; Rhizophora aegiceras C.F.Gaertn.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Rourea minor (Gaertn.) Alston
  • Vernacular name :
    • Kalavidhara, Vidhara (Hindi)
    • Huleechala balli (Kannada)
    • Chandrapudi (Telugu)
    • Cheriyamarikunni, Kuriel (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Habitat : Tropical semi-evergreen forests, also in sacred groves
  • Key identification features : Climbing shrub
  • Flower, Fruit : December-August
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Kodagu (Coorg) district
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Odisha : Cuttack district, Kendrapara district, Kandhamal district
    • Tamil Nadu : Kanyakumari district, The Nilgiri district, Tirunelveli district
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : South Andaman,Port Blair taluk,Port Mout and Long Island
  • Native : India, Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Borneo, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, East Himalaya, Fiji, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Mal
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Andaman & Nicobar (India), Southeast Asia, South China, Bangladesh, Hainan, Queensland, New Caledonia, The New Hebrides, Fiji, Samoa Islands, Malaysia
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
    • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla
    • 143
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Rourea minor. Downloaded on 7 May 2024.

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