Herbarium JCB

Mallotus philippensis (Lam.) Muell. Arg.

Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
(SPURGE FAMILY)
Family (as per The Plant List) : Euphorbiaceae
Species : Mallotus philippensis
Basionym : Croton philippensis Lam.
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Mallotus philippensis (Lam.) Muell. Arg.
Common name : Kamala Tree
Vernacular name : Sindhoor, Rohii, Sindur, Kamala (Hin.); Kampillaka, Kumkumada mara (Kan.); Kunnancholai, Korangumanjanathi (Tam.); Sinduri, Sindhuramu, Nagrakta (Tel.); Sinduri, Kunkumo, Kapilo jundi, Sundari gudi (Ori.); Kampillaka (San.)
Collection Nos : HJCB-0021
Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh R. & K.R.K.Swamy
Collection Date : 12/09/14
Collection Locality : Pudunur R.F., Javadhu Hills, Tiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu State
Habitat : Mixed forest
Key identification features : A small size much-branched evergreen tree. Young branches are covered with short rusty hairs. Leaves are simple, ovate-lanceolate and strongly three-nerved with minute glands underneath. Flowers are unisexual, male and female flowers occurring on different trees in terminal elongate inflorescences. Male floweers are clustered whereas the female flowers are solitary. Fruit is a three-lobed orange-red small capsule.
Habit : Tree
Flower, Fruit : June-March
Comments : Often on hills to 800 m, on slopes, by shola border, in forest clearings etc. Very common. Fruits are bright red and are used to extract dye.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Throughout Eastern Ghats
World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Western Himalaya, Formosa, Malesia, Australia and Melanesia
Literature : J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2; 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; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
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=Mallotus philippensis. Downloaded on 28 September 2024.