Herbarium JCB

Saprosma glomeratum (Gardner) Bedd.

Family : RUBIACEAE
(Madder Or Coffee Family)
Family (Hindi name) : COFFEE FAMILY (कॉफी फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : RUBIACEAE
Basionym : Dysodidendron glomeratum Gardner
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Saprosma glomeratum (Gardner) Bedd.
Habit : Shrub
Habitat : Evergreen forests
Comments / notes : Rare in the evergreen forest of Western Ghats
Key identification features : Large shrub, parts usually foetid when crushed. Leaves subsessile, elliptic-ovate. Flowers small, terminal 1-3 together, 4 merous. Drupe globose, deep blue when ripe
Flower, Fruit : October-June
Collection Nos : CJS 14577
Distribution :
- Karnataka : Dakshina Kannada district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Shivamogga district, Uttara Kannada district, Udupi district
- Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district
Endemism : Western Ghats
World Distribution : India
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Literature : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka; Balakrishna Gowda & A.N. Sringesh 2004 – Sringeri (checklist unpublished); Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
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=Saprosma glomeratum. Downloaded on 2 October 2023.