✿Rubiaceae · Randia
Katul / Tamilnadia
Randia uliginosa
Tree
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- April-January
Plant Details
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Katul 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 Katul itself; the rest are typical of the Rubiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Assamese
- বাখৰ বেঙেনা Bakhar Bengena, বনবেঙেনা Bana Bengena
- Bengali
- কুসুম Kusum, পিরালা Pirala
- Bhojpuri
- बनैयां Banyean, मावना Mawna, Pidar पीड़र
- Garo
- Agendra, Suskeng
- Gujarati
- ગાંગડ Gaangad, ગંગેડા Gangeda
- Hindi
- काटुल Katul
- Kannada
- ಅಡ್ಕಬಾಳೆ Adkabaale, ದೊಡ್ಡಕಾರೆ Doddakaare, ಗರುಡಕಾರೆ Garudakaare, ನಗರೆ Nagare, ಒಳ್ಳೆಕಾರೆ Ollekaare
- Konkani
- कारे Kare, पेंडारी Pemdari
- Malayalam
- പിണ്ടിച്ചക്ക Pindichakka
- Marathi
- पांढरी Pandhari, पनेला Panela, पेंडारी Pendari, पिंड्रा Pindra
- Nepali
- मैदाल Maidaal, पीडार Peedaar
- Odia
- ତେଲ କୋଡ଼ Tela Korda, ଠେଲକୋ Thalka
- Sanskrit
- पिण्डालु Pindalu, पिण्डितक Pinditaka
- Santali
- ᱯᱤᱱᱰᱮ Pinde
- Tamil
- பெருங்காரை Peru-N-Karai
- Telugu
- జామ బిక్కి Jama Bikki, నల్ల కాకిశ Nalla Kakisha
- Tulu
- ಅಡ್ಕಾರೆ Adkaare, ಅಡ್ಕಬಾರೆ Adkabaare
About Katul
Tamilnadia (Randia uliginosa) belongs to the Rubiaceae family, where it grows as a tree. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Meghalaya and Tamil Nadu. It grows in moist deciduous forests, near wet places. Flowering and fruiting run from April to January.
Botanical family
Rubiaceae
Coffee/Madder family
Katul belongs to the Rubiaceae family.
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