Olax scandens Roxb., Pl. Coromandel 2:2, t. 102. 1799 ("1798") as per GRIN; Olax scandens Roxb., Pl. Coromandel 2: 2 1800. (syn: Drebbelia subarborescens Zoll; Fissilia disparilis Comm. ex Valeton.; Fissilia psittacorum Lam.; Olax bador Buch.-Ham.; Olax breonii Baill.; Olax psittacorum (Willd.) Vahl; Roxburghia baccata Koen.) as per Catalogue of Life; India: Along edges of forests, roadsides near streams and in damp shady forests. Uttar Pradesh. Bihar. West Bengal. Orissa, Madhya Pradesh. Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu; Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Indo-China, Thailand, Malay Peninsula and Mauritius as per BSI Flora of India; Sri Lanka, India (Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh,
Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu), Bangladesh, Laos, Myanmar
[Burma] (widespread), Thailand, Vietnam, Java (incl. Kangean, Madura), Lesser
Sunda Isl. (Bali), peninsular Malaysia (Perlis, Kedah, Negeri Sembilan,
Terengganu, Pahang), Réunion, Mauritius, Madagascar as per Catalogue of Life; Malli vaeppam, Kadal azhinji Habit: Shrub Habitat: Wild, Dry deciduous to moist deciduous forests Description: Scandent shrub, up to 5 m high, leaf simple, alternate, oblong-lanceolate, inflorescence in axillary racemose panicle, flowers white, fruit drupaceous, ovoid. Uses: The fresh young leaves are cooked as leafy vegetable and also chewed during mouth ulcer and the fruit is edible when ripe. Apart from this there are many other medicinal uses of this plant reported from this region.
Olax scandens: Please find few photos of Fruiting Olax scandens (leaves obtuse, pubserulous beneath, 2-5 inch long; dupre 0.4 inch long - as per Gamble flora) in Bettadabeedu scrub jungle near Mysore, Karnataka. OLACACEAEs two members are in fruiting, in next mail there will be Ximenia americana. 311011PD01 Olax scandens Flora of Orissa: sharing another wild edible fruit plant Olax scandens
Name of the species: Olax scandens Family: Olaceae Place of collection: Ranpur, Nayagarh, Orissa Altitude: 200 m above msl Habit: Shrub Habitat: Wild, Dry deciduous to moist deciduous forests Description: Scandent shrub, up to 5 m high, leaf simple, alternate, oblong-lanceolate, inflorescence in axillary racemose panicle, flowers white, fruit drupaceous, ovoid. Uses: The fresh young leaves are cooked as leafy vegetable and also chewed during mouth ulcer and the fruit is edible when ripe. Apart from this there are many other medicinal uses of this plant reported from this region. QUERY :: name of Olax scandens Roxb. in Hindi: Various floras and reference books mention the name dheniani as a name in Hindi for Olax scandens Roxb. Hoping to get this name in Devanagari script. in my Cal bot garden book ...its called in Hindi...DHOUNoKHALI... its spelled out in Bangla script .... . the devnagri writing would thus be different than dheniani... some regional dialect differences I guess Yes I too got the same name here. I think we can write it as धेनिआनी or ढेनिआनी in Devnagri script. QUERY :: name of Olax scandens Roxb. in Bengali: Eager to get two Bangla names of Olax scandens Roxb. in native script. it ka-ko-aa-ru...in pronouncing it in script its typed thus in the book ককো আরু Bengali Santhals call it CHHANDA Written thus in Bangla... SORRY NO MATTER WHAT i DID i COULD NOT COAX THE JOIN=LETTERS, i SEEM TO HAVE FORGOTTEN HOW TO GET THEM IN WORD DOC SYMBOL SET.. VRINDA I hope the name provided ককো আরু is alright OR is some character is missing ? no exact I copied it from the bengali book... ie looked at each letter in the book and chose the symbols in Vrinda Bengali symbol group in Microsoft word... Plants for ID: Here I am posting pics for ID plants from Bhandra region. Does it be Olax sp? We have concluded it as Olax scandens already
Please help to identify this scandent woody gregarious climber saw, in Hampi area of Karnataka....... this area was full of huge boulders and this plant was growing in large numbers everywhere and birds seems to relish the fruits. Pictures were taken last week. (18.10.13) Olax scandens Please guide in identification of this medicinal plant used in traditional healing. Image 3 This is Olax imbricata (Olacaceae). We collected this (only slightly differs from O. scandens, so need to be checked) from Gumma forest in Chhattisgarh. I think more closer to images at Olax scandens Roxb.
Olax scandens : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Found in Puthupattu near Pondicherry. Request for I'd of tree in fruiting from Mahe. The fruits give an appearance of Quercus. May be a false appearance. Photographed in November 2019. The fruit remind me of Olax scandens For me also it is Olax species. Perhaps could be Olax psittacorum Thanks, Radha ji, for the id. References:
BSI Flora of India GRIN The Plant List Ver.1.1 (Unresolved) India Biodiversity Portal Springer JSTOR Wikipedia An Excursion Flora of Central Tamilnadu, India By K. M. Matthew (1995- Details with keys) Indian Medicinal Plants: An Illustrated Dictionary By C.P. Khare (2008- Details) Flora of Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, India By T. Pullaiah (2000- Details) |
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