Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Shrub
Mussaenda frondosa L.
🗒 Synonyms
synonym | Gardenia frondosa (L.) Lam. |
synonym | Mussaenda belilla Buch.-Ham. |
synonym | Mussaenda dovinia Buch.-Ham. |
synonym | Mussaenda flavescens Buch.-Ham. |
synonym | Mussaenda formosa L., nom. illeg. |
synonym | Mussaenda fruticosa L. |
synonym | Mussaenda ingrata Wall. ex Hook.f. |
synonym | Mussaenda macrophylla Kurz, nom. illeg. |
synonym | Mussaenda sumatrensis B.Heyne ex Roth |
synonym | Mussaenda tomentosa Wight ex Hook.f., pro syn. |
synonym | Mussaenda villosa Schltdl. ex Hook.f., nom. illeg. |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Habit: Shrub
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Straggling shrubs; branchlets pubescent. Leaves 6-10 x 4-6 cm, broadly ovate, base rounded, caudate acuminate at apex, sparsely hairy on both surfaces; petiole to 1.5 cm long; stipules 3-4 mm long, ovate, bifid at apex. Cymes terminal, lax, tomentose. Flowers 5-merous. Bracts and bracteoles linear, 1-1.5 cm, hairy. Calyx-lobes 5, 0.8-1 cm long, lanceolate, hairy, one of the calyx lobes transformed into a showy, white, pubescent, leaf-like structure, 8-12 x c. 4.5 cm. Corolla 2.5-3 cm long, funnel-shaped dialated above middle, orange-red or yellow, tomentose outside, villous at mouth; lobes 6-7 mm long, ovate-lanceolate. Stamens 5, included or exserted. Berry c. 1 cm across, globose.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Western Ghats, Moist Deciduous to Evergreen Forests. Endemic to Peninsular India
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Cosmopoltian
Moist deciduous and semi-evergreen forests, also in the plains
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Description
Global Distribution
India: Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim; Sri Lanka, Nepal
Local Distribution
Assam
Kerala: Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malapuram, Thiruvananthapuram
Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore, Dindigul, Nilgiri, Salem, Theni, Tiruchchirappalli
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Global Distribution
Peninsular India
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Endemic Distribution
Peninsular India
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
System of Medicines Used In
Ayurveda
Folk medicine
Siddha
Medicinal
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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System Of Medicines Used In
Ayurveda, Folk medicine, Siddha
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1483
Attributions | FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1483 |
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📚 Information Listing
References
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
- Mussaenda frondosa L. var. laxa Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 89. 1880.
- Mussaenda belilla Buch.-Ham., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 14: 203. 1824; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 214. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 198. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 225. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 339. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 237. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 238. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 171. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 228. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 160. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 337. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 180. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 155. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 335. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 258. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 360. 2009.
- Mussaenda frondosa L., Syst. Nat. (ed.10) 2: 931.1759; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 89. 1880; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 610(430). 1921; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 145. 1982; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 198. 1989; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 172. 1995; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 337. 1997; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 335. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 430. 2009.
- Mussaenda laxa (Hook. f.) Hutch. ex Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 610(430). 1921; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 12.1996.
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1483
Information Listing > References
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
- Mussaenda frondosa L. var. laxa Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 89. 1880.
- Mussaenda belilla Buch.-Ham., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 14: 203. 1824; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 214. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 198. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 225. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 339. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 237. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 238. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 171. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 228. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 160. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 337. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 180. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 155. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 335. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 258. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 360. 2009.
- Mussaenda frondosa L., Syst. Nat. (ed.10) 2: 931.1759; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 89. 1880; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 610(430). 1921; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 145. 1982; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 198. 1989; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 172. 1995; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 337. 1997; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 335. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 430. 2009.
- Mussaenda laxa (Hook. f.) Hutch. ex Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 610(430). 1921; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 12.1996.
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1483
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🐾 Taxonomy
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Order | Gentianales |
Family | Rubiaceae |
Genus | Mussaenda |
Species | Mussaenda frondosa L. |
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