Konakaran / Dotted Viburnum
Viburnum punctatum
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Uttarakhand
- Flowering
- January-August
How to identify Konakaran
Identify Konakaran by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Leaves dotted with tiny glands.
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: January-August.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Uttarakhand.
- Confirm it sits within the Caprifoliaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Konakaran.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Viburnum punctatum
- Genus
- Viburnum
- Family
- Caprifoliaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Sholas, evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India to Malaysia, Southeast Asia
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- January-August
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Typical of the Caprifoliaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Fruit
- Drupe
Characters marked “recorded” are for Konakaran itself; the rest are typical of the Caprifoliaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Tamil
- Konakaran, Konakaram, Konakarum
- Kannada
- ಹೇಲುಸುಂಡೆ Helusunde, Kampaari, Yella Sunde
- Malayalam
- Konakkara, Konakarimaram, കോണക്കാര
About Konakaran
Dotted Viburnum (Viburnum punctatum) is a shrub in the Caprifoliaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Uttarakhand. It grows in sholas, evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from January to August.
Caprifoliaceae
Honeysuckle family
Konakaran belongs to the Caprifoliaceae family.
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