Umbelled Canthium
Psydrax umbellata
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- December-August
How to identify Umbelled Canthium
Identify Umbelled Canthium 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 surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: December-August.
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
- Confirm it sits within the Rubiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Umbelled Canthium.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Psydrax umbellata
- Genus
- Psydrax
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous forests and sacred groves, also mixed forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Bangladesh, Malay peninsula, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
- Flowering & fruiting
- December-August
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Umbelled Canthium itself; the rest are typical of the Rubiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Umbelled Canthium itself; the rest are typical of the Rubiaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Umbelled Canthium
A member of the Rubiaceae family, Umbelled Canthium (Psydrax umbellata) is a tree. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and 1 other states. It grows in moist deciduous forests and sacred groves, also mixed forests. Flowering and fruiting run from December to August.
Rubiaceae
Coffee/Madder family
Umbelled Canthium belongs to the Rubiaceae family.
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