• Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
  (SPURGE FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Phyllanthaceae
• Species : Bischofia javanica
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Bischofia javanica Blume
• Vernacular name : Kein, Bhillar, Paniala (Hin.); Gobra neerale (Kan.); Cholavaengai, Malaipoovarasu, Milachadayaan (Tam.); Nalupu mushti (Tel.)
• Key identification features : A lofty deciduous tree that grows up to 35 m. Bark is dark-brown or grey that peels-off into angular scales. Leaves are palmately compound. Leaflets 3-5, ovate or ovate-oblong and shiny. Flowers are small, greenish-yellow in a terminal panicle. Male flowers are minute and female flowers of 0.5 cm diameter. Fruit is a smooth globose berry. Seeds are trigonous and shiny. Stem exudes red juice when cut.
• Habit : Tree
• Flower, Fruit : March-December
• Comments : On hills above 1000 m, in sholas.
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Distribution Locality : Tamil Nadu State; Visakhapatnam district (Andhra Pradesh State); Mahendragiri Hills (Ganjam district), Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district) (Odisha State)
• World Distribution : India, China, Malesia, Polynesia
• Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.; Naidu, M.T. & O.A. Kumar (2015). Tree species diversity in the Eastern Ghats of northern Andhra Pradesh, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 7(8): 7443-7459
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Bischofia javanica. Downloaded on 27 June 2024.

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