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Kainai PRODUCT NAME

Wendlandia thyrsoidea (Roemer & Schultes) Steudel = Wendlandia notoniana Wall. Canthium thysoide SCIENTIFIC NAME

Common Name: Kainai
Local Name: Kainai (Irula); Anigai (Kurumba); Tamil-Kadambam, Aenaa, Thekkili; Malayalam-Puvu.
Family: Rubiaceae
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Product Description: A small tree. Flower: In dense terminal panicles, cream or white. Fruit: A capsule. Seed oblong, cylindrical. Bark orange-red, fibrous. Flowers fragrant. Wood used for small construction. Bees forage on flowers
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Countries Found: India
Description: Hills above 800m on bare or exposed slopes or along forest borders.

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Partners: Keystone Foundation

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