✿Pittosporaceae · Pittosporum
Raini / Cape Cheesewood
Pittosporum floribundum
Tree
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Meghalaya, Karnataka, Kerala & more
- Flowering
- October-January
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.
Botanical family
Pittosporaceae
Pittosporum Family
Raini belongs to the Pittosporaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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