✿Loganiaceae · Fagraea
Ginnanu / Lau Binh
Fagraea ceilanica
Also known as Gia, Perfume Flower Tree, Pua Keni Keni, Trai Tichlan
Liana
- Habit
- Liana
- Found in India
- Meghalaya, Karnataka, Kerala & more
- Flowering
- March-November
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Fagraea ceilanica
- Genus
- Fagraea
- Family
- Loganiaceae
- Habit
- Liana
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous, evergreen, semi-evergreen and shola forests, also in sacred groves
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- Indo-Malesia
- Found in India
- Meghalaya, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Arunachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- March-November
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Kannada
- ಗಿನ್ನನು ginnanu, ಹಣ್ಣ ಚಳ್ಳೆ hanna challe, ಮೇನಕಳ್ಳಿ maenakalli
- Malayalam
- മരുന്തൻകാമരം marunthankaamaram, വെള്ളമോടകം vellamotakam, മോടകം
About Ginnanu
Lau binh (Fagraea ceilanica) is a liana belonging to the Loganiaceae family (Logania Family). It is typically found in moist deciduous, evergreen, semi-evergreen and shola forests, also in sacred groves. It occurs across Indo-Malesia. Flowering and fruiting are typically seen during March-November.
Botanical family
Loganiaceae
Logania Family
Ginnanu belongs to the Loganiaceae family.
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