Kurnthumullthalai / Winged Naringi
Pleiospermium alatum
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh
- Flowering
- January-July
How to identify Kurnthumullthalai
Identify Kurnthumullthalai 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.
- Confirm leaf type: Trifoliolate.
- Confirm fruit type: Small berry.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: January-July.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh.
- Confirm it sits within the Rutaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Kurnthumullthalai.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Pleiospermium alatum
- Genus
- Pleiospermium
- Family
- Rutaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Dry deciduous forests, foot hills; less in the plains to the coast
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Indo-Malesia, China and Australia
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- January-July
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Trifoliolaterecorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kurnthumullthalai itself; the rest are typical of the Rutaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Fruit type
- Small berryrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kurnthumullthalai itself; the rest are typical of the Rutaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Tamil
- Kurnthumullthalai, Kurnthumul thazhai, காட்டு நார்தை
- Kannada
- Kaadu bilvapathre, Naayi baela
- Malayalam
- Kurtham
About Kurnthumullthalai
A member of the Rutaceae family, Winged Naringi (Pleiospermium alatum) is a tree. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. It grows in dry deciduous forests, foot hills; less in the plains to the coast. Flowering and fruiting run from January to July.
Rutaceae
Citrus/Rue family
Kurnthumullthalai belongs to the Rutaceae family.
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