Goli / Sumatra Knoxia
Knoxia sumatrensis
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- June-January
How to identify Goli
Identify Goli by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Confirm leaf surface: Pubescent (softly hairy).
- Confirm flower colour: Purple.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: June-January.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Kerala and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Rubiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Goli.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Knoxia sumatrensis
- Genus
- Knoxia
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- All types of forests, also in the plains
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- India, Sri Lanka
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Australia
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Kerala, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Uttarakhand, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- June-January
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Goli itself; the rest are typical of the Rubiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- PurplerecordedPurple or violet
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Goli itself; the rest are typical of the Rubiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Nepali
- गोली Goli
About Goli
A member of the Rubiaceae family, Sumatra Knoxia (Knoxia sumatrensis) is a herb. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and 7 other states. It grows in all types of forests, also in the plains. Flowering and fruiting run from June to January.
Rubiaceae
Coffee/Madder family
Goli belongs to the Rubiaceae family.
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