Raini / Cape Cheesewood
Pittosporum floribundum
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Meghalaya, Karnataka, Kerala & more
- Flowering
- October-January
How to identify Raini
Identify Raini by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a tree habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Profusely flowering, fragrant white flowers.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: October-January.
- In India, compare location records such as Meghalaya, Karnataka, Kerala, Nagaland and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Pittosporaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Raini.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Pittosporum floribundum
- Genus
- Pittosporum
- Family
- Pittosporaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Moist, dry deciduous and shola forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, China, Himalayas, Madagascar
- Found in India
- Meghalaya, Karnataka, Kerala, Nagaland, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram
- Flowering & fruiting
- October-January
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
Typical of the Pittosporaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Fruit
- Berry
Typical of the Pittosporaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Hindi
- raini, tumri
- Kannada
- ಎಕ್ಕಡಿ Ekkadi, ತಮ್ಮಟ Tammata
- Malayalam
- Kasumaram
- Marathi
- vehkali, vehyenti, vikhari, yekadi
- Nepali
- खोर्साने Khorsane, फुर्के Phurke
- Telugu
- chettu kasind, rakamuki
- Mizo
- Kakphek
About Raini
A member of the Pittosporaceae family, Cape Cheesewood (Pittosporum floribundum) is a tree. In India it has been recorded in Meghalaya, Karnataka, Kerala and 12 other states. It grows in moist, dry deciduous and shola forests. Flowering and fruiting run from October to January.
Pittosporaceae
Pittosporum Family
Raini belongs to the Pittosporaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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