Nedunarai / Coffee Ashok
Polyalthia coffeoides
- Habit
- Tree
- Flowering
- May-August
How to identify Nedunarai
Identify Nedunarai 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: Coffee-like leaves.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: May-August.
- Confirm it sits within the Annonaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Nedunarai.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Polyalthia coffeoides
- Genus
- Polyalthia
- Family
- Annonaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Flowering & fruiting
- May-August
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Annonaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Solitary
- Fruit
- Berry
Typical of the Annonaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- Villa, Nedunar
- Tamil
- Nedunarai, Nakulai
About Nedunarai
Coffee Ashok (Polyalthia coffeoides) is a tree in the Annonaceae family. Flowering and fruiting run from May to August.
Annonaceae
Custard apple family
Nedunarai belongs to the Annonaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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