- Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
(SPURGE FAMILY)
- Family (as per The Plant List) : Phyllanthaceae
- Species : Bridelia montana
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Bridelia montana (Roxb.) Willd.
- Vernacular name : Khaja, Gondui, Kargualia (Hin.); Karganalia (Hin.); Pantenga, Panchavoni (Tel.); Marda (Ori.)
- Key identification features : Moderate size trees. Leaves are thin, large and often yellowish, main nerves are oblique. Flowers are very small, greenish-yellow and borne in small axillary clusters. Fruit is a drupe, globose, pyrene furrows are shallow and ridges rounded.
- Habit : Tree
- Flower, Fruit : August-December
- Comments : Occasional on hills of Eastern Ghats in dry forests.
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Distribution Locality : Bellary district (Karnataka State); Srikakulam district, West Godavari district, Visakhapatnam district, Kadapa district, Anantapur district, Prakasham district, East Godavari district, East Godavari district, Krishna district (Andhra Pradesh State); Malkangiri district, Koraput district, Ganjam district (Odisha State)
- World Distribution : India, Himalaya
- Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; 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; Neginhal, S.G., Forest Trees of the Western Ghats includes Eastern Ghats and Deccan Plateau. 2011.
- 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=Bridelia montana. Downloaded on 27 June 2024.
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