Tamilnadia uliginosa (Retz.) Tirveng. & Sastre

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Rubiaceae > Tamilnadia

Characteristics

A shrub or small tree. It grows 4-10 m tall. There are spines at the ends of the short shoots. The leaves are gathered in tufts on shortened branches. The leaves are 15 cm long by 7 cm wide. They are broadly oval. The flowers are white and 5 cm across and have a scent. The fruit is a berry 5 cm long. It is smooth and oval and turns yellow when ripe. The fruit is crowded with the remains of the outer ring of flower parts.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 4.0 - 10.0
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Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in wet dense forests. It grows on the Deccan in India. In Nepal it grows up to 300 m altitude.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The fruit and leaves give colouring and are eaten after cooking. The fruit are used as a vegetable. They are eaten in curries. They are soaked in water for a few hours to lose their astringent quality then squeezed and prepared. The green fruit are cooked then mixed with salt and chili peppers. The ripe fruit are cooked and eaten. The leaves are boiled and eaten.
Uses food material medicinal poison
Edible fruits leaves
Therapeutic use Astringents (fruit), Diarrhea (fruit), Dysentery (fruit), Diarrhea (root), Diuretics (root), Dysentery (root), Vomiting (root), Astringent (unspecified), Bilious (unspecified), Boil (unspecified), Colic (unspecified), Inflammation (unspecified), Intestine (unspecified), Otitis (unspecified), Piscicide (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified), Diarrhea (unspecified), Eye (unspecified), Deobstruent (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Dysentery (unspecified), Refrigerant (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants are grown from seed.
Mode seedlings
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Images

Tamilnadia uliginosa unspecified picture

Distribution

Tamilnadia uliginosa world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:767328-1
WFO ID wfo-0000320729
COL ID 54MTT
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Posoqueria uliginosa Randia uliginosa Tamilnadia uliginosa Solena uliginosa Xeromphis uliginosa Catunaregam uliginosa Gardenia pomifera Gardenia uliginosa