Ahnan / Purple Neo-Cheesewood
Neonauclea purpurea
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Uttarakhand, West Bengal & more
- Flowering
- December-September
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Neonauclea purpurea
- Genus
- Neonauclea
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Stream- and river banks in Evergreen forests
- Distribution
- India
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Maharashtra
- Flowering & fruiting
- December-September
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Ahnan itself; the rest are typical of the Rubiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Ahnan itself; the rest are typical of the Rubiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Kannada
- Ahnan
- Malayalam
- Manjanir kadambu, മഞ്ഞ നീർക്കടമ്പ്
About Ahnan
Purple Neo-cheesewood (Neonauclea purpurea) belongs to the Rubiaceae family, where it grows as a tree. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Uttarakhand, West Bengal and 3 other states. It grows in stream- and river banks in Evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from December to September.
Rubiaceae
Coffee/Madder family
Ahnan belongs to the Rubiaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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