Shengali / Narrow Leaved Canthium
Canthium angustifolium
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra
- Flowering
- March-May
How to identify Shengali
Identify Shengali by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub habit.
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: March-May.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra.
- Confirm it sits within the Rubiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Shengali.
Plant Details
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Shengali itself; the rest are typical of the Rubiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Shengali itself; the rest are typical of the Rubiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- Katu-kara-walli, കഠാരമുള്ള്, കട്ടക്കാര
- Marathi
- Shengali
About Shengali
A member of the Rubiaceae family, Narrow Leaved Canthium (Canthium angustifolium) is a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Maharashtra. It grows in moist deciduous, semi-evergreen and Evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from March to May.
Rubiaceae
Coffee/Madder family
Shengali belongs to the Rubiaceae family.
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