Paniala / Coffee Plum
Flacourtia jangomas
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Meghalaya, Manipur, Uttarakhand & more
- Flowering
- March-October
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Flacourtia jangomas
- Genus
- Flacourtia
- Family
- Flacourtiaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Dry deciduous and Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- Widely cultivated in India, Southeast Asia and East Africa
- Found in India
- Meghalaya, Manipur, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- March-October
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Ovate (egg-shaped, broad at base)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Paniala itself; the rest are typical of the Flacourtiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Typical of the Flacourtiaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Hindi
- Talispatri, पनियाला Paniala, पानी आमला Pani amla
- Bengali
- Paniala, টিপা ফল, টিপটিপানি
- Tamil
- Vaiyyankarai
- Telugu
- Kuragayi
- Kannada
- ಚಂಚಲಿ Chanchali, ಚಂಕಲಿ Chankali, ಗೊರಜಿ Goraji
- Malayalam
- Vayyamkaitha, ലൂബി
- Marathi
- Champeran, तालीस
About Paniala
A member of the Flacourtiaceae family, Coffee Plum (Flacourtia jangomas) is a tree. In India it has been recorded in Meghalaya, Manipur, Uttarakhand and 6 other states. It grows in dry deciduous and Evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from March to October.
Uses
It is grown for parts that are eaten and long used in traditional medicine. Those medicinal uses are traditional attributions, not medical advice.
Flacourtiaceae
Flacourtia Family
Paniala belongs to the Flacourtiaceae family.
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