About Narrow Leaved Canthium
Canthium angustifolium, with the common name narrow-leaved canthium, is native to southern tropical Asia. The large shrub is found in eastern India (including Assam), Bangladesh, and Myanmar (former Burma).
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Canthium angustifolium
- Genus
- Canthium
- Family
- RUBIACEAE
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous, semi-evergreen and Evergreen forests
- Distribution
- India and Myanmar
- Flowering & fruiting
- March-May
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Malayalam
- Katu-kara-walli, കഠാരമുള്ള്, കട്ടക്കാര
- Marathi
- Shengali
Botanical family
Rubiaceae
Coffee/Madder family
Narrow Leaved Canthium belongs to the Rubiaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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