- Family : LEEACEAE
(Leea Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : KUKUR JIHWA FAMILY (कुकुर जिह्वा फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System IV) : Vitaceae
- Synonym(s) : Staphylea indica Burm.f.; Aquilicia ottilis Gaertn.; Aquilicia sambucina L.; Leea arborea Sieber ex Miq.; Leea biserrata Miq.; Leea callosa Zipp. ex Miq.; Leea celebica C.B.Clarke; Leea divaricata Teijsm. & Binn.; Leea expansa Craib; Leea fuliginosa Miq.; Leea gigantea Griff.; Leea gracilis Lauterb.; Leea heterophylla Zipp. ex Miq.; Leea naumannii Engl.; Leea nova-guineensis Valeton; Leea ottilis DC.; Leea palembanica Miq.; Leea pubescens Zipp. ex Miq.; Leea ramosii Merr.; Leea robusta Blume; Leea roehrsiana Sander; Leea sambucifolia Salisb.; Leea sambucina Willd.; Leea simplex Zipp. ex Miq.; Leea speciosa Sieber ex Miq.; Leea striata Zipp. ex Miq.; Leea sumatrana Miq.; Leea sundaica Miq.; Leea umbraculifera C.B.Clarke; Leea viridiflora Planch.; Otillis zeylanica Gaertn.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Leea indica (Burm. f.) Merr.
- Common name : Bandicoot Berry
- Vernacular name :
- Kurkurjhiwa (Hindi)
- Nedili, Andilu, Karote (Kannada)
- Neykki, Ottanali, Polavakkodi (Tamil)
- Ankadosa (Telugu)
- Kaladchana (Oria)
- Jeera vali (Sanskrit)
- Chorianthali, Erattayani, Kudanjazhuku, Maniperandi, Njakku, Nyeru (Malayalam)
- Habit : Shrub or Tree
- Habitat : Degraded semi-evergreen and Tropical evergreen forests, also in the plains
- Comments / notes : On hills above 750m in sholas.
- Flower, Fruit : April-November
- Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh, K. Sankara Rao, Raja K. Swamy
- Collection Date : 25/10/2014
- Collection Nos : HJCB-E-298
- Collection Locality : Way to K.P. Dam, Tirumala Hills, Chittoor district (AP)
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : East Godavari district, Visakhapatnam district, S.P.S. Nellore district, West Godavari district
- Telangana : Telangana
- Goa : Goa
- Karnataka : Karnataka
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : All districts of Maharashtra
- Odisha : Ganjam district, Mayurbhanj district, Bargarh district, Angul district, Puri district
- Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Kanyakumari district, Madurai district, The Nilgiri district, Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tirunelveli district
- Chhattisgarh : Chattisgarh
- Madhya Pradesh : Madhya Pradesh
- Gujarat : Gujarat
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- West Bengal : West Bengal
- Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagland
- Bihar : Bihar
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Rajasthan : Rajasthan
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman Islands, East-West Road, Campbell Bay in Great Nicobar Island
- Lakshadweep : Lakshadweep
- Native : India, Lakshadweep Islands, Sri Lanka
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Laccadive Islands, W. & S. India, Sri Lanka
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1
- J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
- M.R. Almeida (1996). Flora of Maharashtra vol.1.
- Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 132
- Dash, S. S., & Mao, A. A. (Eds.). (2018). Flowering Plants of India: An Annotated Checklist-Dicotyledons Volume I. Director, Botanical Survey of India.
- B. K. Sinha. (1999). Flora of Great Nicobar Island (P. K. Hajra & P. S. N. Rao, Eds.). Botanical Survey of India.
- Khuroo, Anzar Ahmad
- Mugal, Muzamil Ahmad
- Wani, Sajad Ahmad (2023). ToI, Ver.-I : Trees of India, Version-I. figshare. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.23226281.v1
- Read more :
- Permalink : https://indiatrees-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Leea indica
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Trees and Vegetation Types. Leea indica. Downloaded on 3 October 2026.
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