Drypetes assamica (Hook.f.) Pax & K.Hoffm.

 
  • Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
    (SPURGE FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Putranjivaceae
  • Species : Drypetes assamica
  • Basionym : Cyclostemon assamicus Hook.f.
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Drypetes assamica (Hook.f.) Pax & K.Hoffm.
  • Collection Nos : HJCB-0525
  • Collector(s) Name : K.R.K.Swamy, Arun Singh R. & Navendu Page
  • Collection Date : 27/02/16
  • Collection Locality : Berbera Forest, Khurda district, Odisha State
  • Habitat : Semi-evergreen forest
  • Key identification features : Small branching evergreen trees with shining leaves ands scarlet fruit.
  • Habit : Tree
  • Flower, Fruit : June-November; November-April
  • Comments : Rare, in low elevation semi-evergreen forests and also on hills above 1000 m of northern Eastern Ghats.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Visakhapatnam district (Andhra Pradesh State); Mahendragiri Hills (Ganjam district), Puri district, Berbera Forest (Khurda district) (Odisha State)
  • World Distribution : India
  • Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; Pullaiah, T & Ali Moulali, D., 1997. Flora of Andhra Pradesh. Vol. 2; 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=Drypetes assamica. Downloaded on 27 June 2024.

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