Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun

Complete Taxonomic details of Species: Tamilnadia uliginosa (Retz.) Tirveng. & Sastre

Family: Rubiaceae Genus: Tamilnadia Species: Tamilnadia uliginosa (Retz.) Tirveng. & Sastre( पिंडालू )

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Synonym Randia uliginosa (Retz.) Poir., Gardenia uliginosa Retz., Catunaregam uliginosa (Retz.) Sivar. Flower Color White
Common Name Tamilnadia, Gengada, Pandri Flower Type Solitary
English / Trade Name Divine Jasmine, Tamilnadia Flowering Period Oct-Dec
Vernacular /Local Name Pindalu Fruiting Period Jan-March
Altitude Up to 1500 m Fruit Type Berry
Habit Shrub Fruit Details Fruit a berry, ovoid or ellipsoid, smooth, yellow; seeds smooth, compressed.
Habitat Bogs, swamps, banks of rivers and other moist places. Bark Type Scaly
Distribution India and Myanmar. Bark Details Dark rust-colored scabrous bark.
Distribution in Haryana Morni-Pinjore Origin Native
    Leaf Type Simple
    Leaf Arrangement Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem)
    Leaf Shape Oblong
Description of Species A very rigid, ramous, large shrub to small tree, armed with numerous strong thorns. Bark smooth, dark rust-colored scabrous bark. Branches erect, rigid, four-cornered, thick set with short, rigid round, diverging branchlets. Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; stipule interpetiolar, broadly triangular, acuminate; petiole stout, glabrous; leaf lamina obovate, oblanceolate or obovate-oblong, base cuneate or attenuate, apex obtuse or round, margin entire, glabrous above and pubescent and glaucous beneath. Flowers bisexual, white, solitary, at the end of branchlets, dimorphic with large and sessile, small and stalked; calyx tube turbinate, silky pubescent at throat, lobes 5, suborbicular; corolla tube short, lobes 5, large, spreading, orbicular, hairy at mouth, imbricate; stamens 5; anthers linear; ovary 2-celled, inferior, ovules many; style stout; stigma thick, 2 lobed. Fruit a berry, ovoid or ellipsoid, smooth, yellow; seeds smooth, compressed. Leaf Details Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; stipule interpetiolar, broadly triangular, acuminate; petiole stout, glabrous; leaf lamina obovate, oblanceolate or obovate-oblong, base cuneate or attenuate, apex obtuse or round, margin entire, glabrous above and pubescent and glaucous beneath.
 

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