✿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 belonging to the Icacinaceae family (Icacina Or White Pear Family). It is typically found in evergreen and semi-evergreen forests, along the ghats, also in the sacred groves. It occurs across Indo-Malesia. Flowering and fruiting are typically seen during October-February.
Botanical family
Icacinaceae
Icacina Or White Pear Family
Puvanna belongs to the Icacinaceae family.
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