✿Combretaceae · Quisqualis
Sandhyarani / Malabar Madhu Malati
Quisqualis malabarica
Shruboutdoor
- Habit
- Shrub
- Flowering
- January-April
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Quisqualis malabarica
- Genus
- Quisqualis
- Family
- Combretaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Evergreen forests, sometimes planted
- Habitat type
- Forest, Cultivated
- Flowering & fruiting
- January-April
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
Typical of the Combretaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Drupe
Characters marked “recorded” are for Sandhyarani itself; the rest are typical of the Combretaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Kannada
- ಸಂಧ್ಯಾರಾಣಿ sandhyarani
- Malayalam
- സന്ധ്യാറാണി sandhyarani
About Sandhyarani
Malabar Madhu Malati (Quisqualis malabarica) belongs to the Combretaceae family, where it grows as a shrub. It grows in evergreen forests, sometimes planted. Flowering and fruiting run from January to April.
Botanical family
Combretaceae
Indian almond family
Sandhyarani belongs to the Combretaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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