• Family : RUBIACEAE
  (Madder Or Coffee Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : COFFEE FAMILY (कॉफी फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : RUBIACEAE
• Basionym : Rondeletia asiatica L.
• Synonym(s) : Chomelia asiatica (L.) O.Ktze.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Tarenna asiatica (L.) Kuntze ex K.Schum.
• Vernacular name : Thaerani (Tamil); Komari, Papidi, Konda papidi, Komi (Telugu); Jajanka, Jojoga (Oria); Kuppipoovu (Malayalam)
• Habit : Shrub
• Habitat : Semi-evergreen, moist deciduous and shola forests, also in plains
• Comments / notes : Occasional on hills up to 1400m. Less common in scrub jungles.
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
• Collector(s) Name : Raja K.Swamy, Arun Singh R & K.Sankara Rao; Raja K. Swamy & Noel Sebastian
• Collection Date : 26/11/2014; 24-11-2018
• Collection Nos : HJCB-E-166; HJCB-1780
• Collection Locality : Papavinasanam, Tirumala, Chittoor district (AP); Chinnakanal, Idukki, Kerala
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Vishakapatnam district, Nellore district, East Godavari district, Kadapa district, East Godavari district, Srikakulam district, West Godavari district
  • Karnataka : Kolar district
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Tamil Nadu : Vellore district, Dharmapuri district, SL, Namakkal district, Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district, Dharmapuri district, Villipuram district, Madurai district
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Indo-Malesia
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Herbarium specimen from Chinnakanal, Idukki, Kerala
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Tarenna asiatica. Downloaded on 4 May 2024.

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