✿Celastraceae · Gymnosporia
Kattangi / Confetti Spikethorn
Gymnosporia montana
Shruboutdoor
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Gymnosporia montana
- Genus
- Gymnosporia
- Family
- Celastraceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Scrub jungles
- Habitat type
- Scrub
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Glossy ovalrecorded
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kattangi itself; the rest are typical of the Celastraceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Typical of the Celastraceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Tamil
- kattangi
- Kannada
- ತಂದ್ರಾಸಿ Tandrasi, ತಂಡರಸಿ Tandarasi, kankada
About Kattangi
Confetti Spikethorn (Gymnosporia montana) is a shrub in the Celastraceae family. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Gujarat and Rajasthan. It grows in scrub jungles.
Botanical family
Celastraceae
Staff-Tree Family
Kattangi belongs to the Celastraceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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