Palam-Unni-P-Palai / Venenous Alstonia
Alstonia venenata
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- November-August
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Alstonia venenata
- Genus
- Alstonia
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous and dry deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Nagaland, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- November-August
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Typical of the Apocynaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Follicle
Characters marked “recorded” are for Palam-Unni-P-Palai itself; the rest are typical of the Apocynaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Tamil
- பழமுண்ணிப்பாலை palam-unni-p-palai
- Telugu
- ఏడాకుల పాల edakula pala, గండు గన్నేరు gandu ganneru
- Kannada
- ಅಡ್ಡಸರ್ಪ addasarpa
- Malayalam
- അണലിവേഗം analivegam, അണലിവേഗം, Alstonia venenata
About Palam-Unni-P-Palai
Venenous Alstonia (Alstonia venenata) is a shrub in the Apocynaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka and 2 other states. It grows in moist deciduous and dry deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from November to August.
Apocynaceae
Dogbane family
Palam-Unni-P-Palai belongs to the Apocynaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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