Guettarda speciosa L.

 
  • Family : RUBIACEAE
    (Madder Or Coffee Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : COFFEE FAMILY (कॉफी फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System IV) : Rubiaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Gardenia speciosa (L.) Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.; Matthiola speciosa (L.) Kuntze; Jasminum hirsutum (L.) Willd.; Mogorium hirsutum (L.) Poir.; Nyctanthes hirsuta L.; Cadamba jasminiflora Sonn.; Guettarda hirsuta Sarg.; Guettarda speciosa var. glabrata DC.; Guettarda speciosa var. tahitensis; Guettarda tahitensis Nadeaud
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Guettarda speciosa L.
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Littoral and tidal forests
  • Flower, Fruit : March-October
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Common
    • Tamil Nadu : Tamil Nadu
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman Islands, Baludera, North-South road, Koshin Don, Galathea, Lakshman beach in Great Nicobar Island
  • Native : Aldabra, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Islands, Chagos Archipelago, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Comoros, Cook Islands, Fiji, Gilbert Islands, Hainan, India, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lakshadweep Islands, Lesser Sunda Islands, Line Islands, Madagascar, Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Islands, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel Islands, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Niue, Philippines, Phoenix Islands, Pitcairn Islands, Samoa, Seychelles, Society Islands, Solomon Islands, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Islands, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Islands
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : SE. Kenya to S. Africa, Tropical & Subtropical Asia to Pacific
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Brandis Dietrich. Indian trees, Constable and company Ltd, London, 1921. Pg.: 386 https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/4035430389
    • Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3
    • Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983, Parkinson
    • C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla
    • 189
    • K.Ravikumar, A.C.Tangavelou, & Navendu Page. (2021). Seed plants of Karnataka, India: A concise dictionary. FRLHT-TDU, National Biodiversity Authority (NBA), Chennai.
    • B. K. Sinha. (1999). Flora of Great Nicobar Island (P. K. Hajra & P. S. N. Rao, Eds.). Botanical Survey of India.
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  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Trees and Vegetation Types. Guettarda speciosa. Downloaded on 4 October 2026.

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India Distribution

World Distribution

GBIF Distribution
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