Kare / Carray Cheddle
Canthium parviflorum
Also known as Coromandel Canthium, Honey-Thorn, Wild Jessamine
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- April-January
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Canthium parviflorum
- Genus
- Canthium
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Scrub and dry deciduous forests, also in sacred groves
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Indo-China, Malaysia
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- April-January
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kare 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 Kare itself; the rest are typical of the Rubiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Marathi
- किरमा Kirma, Kadbar
- Tamil
- Nallakkarai, Kudiram, Sengarai
- Malayalam
- Kantankara, Niruri, Serukara
- Telugu
- Sinnabalusu, Balusu
- Kannada
- ಕಾರೆ Kare, ಕಾರೆಮುಳ್ಳು Karemullu, ಒಳ್ಳೆಪೊದೆ Ollepode
- Odia
- Tutidi
- Konkani
- Kayili
- Sanskrit
- Nagabala, Gangeruki
About Kare
Carray Cheddle (Canthium parviflorum) is a shrub in the Rubiaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. It grows in scrub and dry deciduous forests, also in sacred groves. Flowering and fruiting run from April to January.
Rubiaceae
Coffee/Madder family
Kare belongs to the Rubiaceae family.
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