✿Apocynaceae · Ervatamia
Naag Kuda / Alternate-Leaved Crape Jasmine
Ervatamia heyneana
Treeoutdoor
- Habit
- Tree
- Flowering
- March-October
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ervatamia heyneana
- Genus
- Ervatamia
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Flowering & fruiting
- March-October
- 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 Naag Kuda itself; the rest are typical of the Apocynaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Kannada
- ಬಿಳಿ ಕೊಡಸಲು Bili Kodasalu, ಹಾಲ್ಮೇಟಿ Haalmeti, ಕೊಕ್ಕೆಕಾಯಿ Kokke-Kaayi, ಮದ್ದರಸ ಗಿಡ Maddarasa Gida, ಮದ್ಲೆ ಮರ Madle Mara, ನಾಗರಕುಡ Naagar Kuda
- Konkani
- नागिल कुडो Nagil Kudo
- Malayalam
- കുരുട്ടുപാല Kuruttupaala, കിങ്ങിണിപാല Kinginipaala, കൊക്കപ്പാല Kokkappaala, കുണ്ധലപ്പാല Kundhalappaala, കുന്നിൻപാല Kunninpaala
- Marathi
- नाग कुडा Naag Kuda, पांढरा कुडा Pandhra Kuda
- Sanskrit
- काम्पिल्लकः Kampillakah
- Tamil
- குண்டலப்பாலா Kundalappala, பால்வாடி Palvadi
- Tulu
- ಕೊಕ್ಕೆಕಾಯಿ Kokke-Kaayi, ಮದ್ದರಸ Maddarasa
About Naag Kuda
A member of the Apocynaceae family, Alternate-Leaved Crape Jasmine (Ervatamia heyneana) is a tree. It grows in moist deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from March to October.
Botanical family
Apocynaceae
Dogbane family
Naag Kuda belongs to the Apocynaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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