Mainphal / Emetic Nut
Catunaregam spinosa
Also known as Common Emetic Nut, Mountain Pomegranate
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Catunaregam spinosa
- Genus
- Catunaregam
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, East Tropical Africa, Malaysia, Java, Sumatra, S.China
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Mainphal 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 Mainphal itself; the rest are typical of the Rubiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- मैनफल Mainphal
- Nepali
- मैदाल Maidaal, मैन फल Main Phal, मैन काँडा Main Kaandaa
- Tamil
- Madkarai, பெருங்காரை
- Telugu
- Marrga
- Kannada
- Kaarekaayi-gida
- Malayalam
- Karacchulli, കാരച്ചുള്ളി
- Marathi
- गेळा Gela, मैनफळ Mainphal, गेळa=மருக்காரை, गेळा
About Mainphal
Emetic nut (Catunaregam spinosa) belongs to the Rubiaceae family, where it grows as a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and 15 other states. It grows in moist deciduous forests. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Uses
It is long used in traditional medicine and a source of dye or tannin. Those medicinal uses are traditional attributions, not medical advice.
Rubiaceae
Coffee/Madder family
Mainphal belongs to the Rubiaceae family.
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