Herbarium JCB

Macaranga peltata (Roxb.) Muell. Arg.

Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
(SPURGE FAMILY)
Family (as per The Plant List) : Euphorbiaceae
Species : Macaranga peltata
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Macaranga peltata (Roxb.) Muell. Arg.
Common name : Indian Lotus Croton
Vernacular name : Uppalingana mara (Kan.); Poondiamaram, Vattathamarai (Tam.); Boddi, Konda tamara (Tel.)
Key identification features : Moderate-sized trees with young parts tomentose. Bark is red when cut. Petiole up to 17 cm long. Leaves orbicular, large, acuminate at apex, glandular pubescent beneath. Flowers concealed by bracts. Bracts sessile, broadly ovate, without apical gland. Calyx valvate, spiltting open into 2-3 lobes. Ovary globose, bilocular, style lateral.
Habit : Tree
Flower, Fruit : February-November
Comments : Often on hills to 800 m, on slopes and in moist valleys.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Shevaroy Hills (Salem district) (Tamil Nadu State); Visakhapatnam district, Srikakulam district, Kurnool district, West Godavari district (Andhra Pradesh State); Mahendragiri Hills (Ganjam district), Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district), Puri district, Angul district (Odisha State)
World Distribution : India including Andaman Islands, Sri Lanka, Myanmar
Literature : R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; 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 & M. Venkaiah (2015). Vascular plant diversity in the sacred grove of Modapalli in Viskhapatnam District of Andhra Pradesh, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 7(10): 7683-7690
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=Macaranga peltata. Downloaded on 27 June 2024.