✿Icacinaceae · Sarcostigma
Puvanna / Odal Oil Plant
Sarcostigma kleinii
Climbing shrub
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- October-February
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Sarcostigma kleinii
- Genus
- Sarcostigma
- Family
- Icacinaceae
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Habitat
- Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests, along the ghats, also in the sacred groves
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- Indo-Malesia
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
- Flowering & fruiting
- October-February
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Tamil
- ஓடல் Odal, பூவெண்ணெய் Puvenney
- Kannada
- ಪೂವನ್ನ Puvanna
- Malayalam
- എരുമത്താളി Erumathaali, ഓടൽ Otal, വറ്റോടൽ Vattodal
About Puvanna
Odal Oil Plant (Sarcostigma kleinii) is a climbing shrub in the Icacinaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and 1 other states. It grows in evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests, along the ghats, also in the sacred groves. Flowering and fruiting run from October to February.
Botanical family
Icacinaceae
Icacina Or White Pear Family
Puvanna belongs to the Icacinaceae family.
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