tikshnaksha :

Plants growing in a herbal garden in southern India Photograph by: Thamizhpparithi Maari

Taxonomical Classification

Kingdom: Plantae - Plants
Subkingdom: Streptophyta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Toddalia
Species: Toddalia asiatica

Allied species:

Aralia labordei H.Lév.

Paullinia asiatica L.

Toddalia aculeata Pers.

Toddalia angustifolia Lam.

Toddalia floribunda Wall.

Toddalia nitida Lam.

Toddalia rubricaulis Roem. & Schult.

Toddalia tonkinensis Guillaumin

VERNACULAR NAMES

Sanskrit: Kanchanah, Tiksnaksah, Dahana
English: forest pepper, wild orange tree, Lopez-root tree
Hindi: Jangli Kali Mirch, Kanch, Dahan
Telugu: Konda Kasinda, Vana Kasinda, Mulla Kasinda, Erra Kasinda, Mirapakanda, Mulla Morinda
Bengali: kada-todali
Marathi: दहन dahan, जंगली काळी मिरची jungli kali mirchi, रान मिरवेल ran mirvel
Konkani: Galayi
Oriya: ହାଇମରିଚା hai maricha, ତୁଣ୍ଡ ପୋଡ଼ା tunda porda
Tamil: Milagaranai, Kattumilagu
Malayalam: കാക്കത്തുടലി kakkattutali ,Mulakutali, Vallinarakam, Kara, Mulakutanni
Kannada: Kaadumenasu, Inasingi.
Japanese: Saru-kake-mikan
Chinese: XIiao jin teng, You po le, Hua mei tiao, San xue fei, Wen dan, Yi lei, Jian xue fei, Huang jiao gen, Xi jiao, Huang jiao gen, Ci mu teng, Huang rou shu, Da jiu jia, Niu ma le, Ji zhao le, Ru shin hu, Fei long zhang xue
French: liane patte poule piquante
Nepal: मैन-काँड़ा main kanda
Sinhalese: Kudumirissa

Varities:

Two varieties of Toddalia asiatica viz var. gracilis and var. floribunda are found in the west and southern parts of India. Plants of var. gracilis are generally found in denuded slopes.