Bharanga / Roxburgh's Kydia
Kydia calycina
Also known as Pula
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan & more
- Flowering
- September-February
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Kydia calycina
- Genus
- Kydia
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous and semi-Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, China, Bhutan, Pakistan, Myanmar, Nepal
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram, Sikkim, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-February
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Malvaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Pinkrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Solitary
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Bharanga itself; the rest are typical of the Malvaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- भरंगा Bharanga, Bhoti, Illya
- Bengali
- পোলা Pola
- Tamil
- Bendi, பூலா Pula, Vattakannu
- Kannada
- ಕೋಳಿಬೆಂಡೆ Kolibende, ಬೆಂಡೆ Bende, ಬೆಳ್ಳಕ Bellaka
- Malayalam
- കാട്ടാവണക്ക് വെളളടച്ചി Kaattaavanakk velalatacci, വീമ്പ് Veemp, vellachadachi, വീമ്പ്
- Marathi
- रान भेंडी ranbhendi, वरंग warang, वारंग
About Bharanga
Roxburgh's Kydia (Kydia calycina) is a tree in the Malvaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan and 15 other states. It grows in moist deciduous and semi-Evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from September to February.
Malvaceae
Mallow/Hibiscus family
Bharanga belongs to the Malvaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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