About Hill Pavetta
Pavetta indica is a plant commonly found in South and Southeast Asia, including in India, Sri Lanka, and Thailand.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Pavetta indica
- Genus
- Pavetta
- Family
- RUBIACEAE
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Evergreen, deciduous and scrub forests
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India, Himalayas, Bhutan, Nepal, Myanmar, Taiwan, Sri Lanka
- Flowering & fruiting
- April-November
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- कांकरा Kankara, काठचम्पा Kathachampa, kankara
- Nepali
- Kange, कंगियो फूल Kangiyo phool, तकली Taklee
- Bengali
- Jui, কাংকরা Kankra
- Tamil
- Kattukkaranai, Karanai, பாவட்டை
- Telugu
- Papidi
- Kannada
- ಪಾವಟೆ Pavate, ಪಾಪಟೆ Papate, ಹಾವುಮೆಕ್ಕೆ Haavumekke
- Malayalam
- Mallikamutti, മല്ലികമുട്ടി, Pavetta indica
- Marathi
- Papat
Botanical family
Rubiaceae
Coffee/Madder family
Hill Pavetta belongs to the Rubiaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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