Family: RutaceaeLocal name: Munukudu, Kaarunimma.Distribution: Limited to Indian subcontinent. Photographed at Eastren ghats of Nellore of India.Common in thorny scrubs and deciduous forests near foot hills .Small trees 2-3 mts high, branched with sharp short axilary spines. Leaves `-foliate. 3x1.5cm , ovate obong, coriaceous. Flowers .5-1ccm across pale yellow in axilary clusters. Berries 1.5-2.5cm in diam., globose green-orrange The oil from the fruit is used externally for rheumatism and paralysis. The leaves are also applied locally on knees to relieve knee pains. Reference: Flora of presidency of Madras by J.S Gamble, ENVIS, Flora of Nellore district By B.Suryanarayana &A.S Rao
Family: RutaceaeDistribution: Common in hilly forest. Limited to Peninsular India.Photographed at Eastren ghats of nellore district.A small thorny tree 2-3mts tall. Leaves alternate, crenulate, 1 foliate, 4-9x2.5-6cm,elliptic oblong, base cuneate, apex emarginate, nerves obscure, glossy,. Flowers 0.8-1cm across, in 5-7cm long axillary racemes. Calyx 5 lobed, Corolla 5, free, imbricate, disk cupular. Stamens 8 inserted outside the disk. filaments connate into a tube, subequal. Ovary 4 celled, style stout, articulate, deciduous. This species is not recorded in Flora of Nellore district by B.Suryanarayana and A.S.Rao.