Herbarium JCB

Securinega leucopyrus (Willd.) Muell. Arg.

Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
(SPURGE FAMILY)
Family (as per The Plant List) : Phyllanthaceae
Species : Securinega leucopyrus
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Flueggea leucopyrus Willd.
Common name : Spinous Fluggea
Vernacular name : Harratto, Aenta (Hin.); Bilishooli gida, Gudale gida (Kan.); Vellaipula, Madhupullanthi (Tam.); Pandurhaphali, Bhooriphali (San.)
Key identification features : A large shrub with angular branches, leafy and terminate in sharp spines. Leaves are simple, alternate and ovate. Flowers are unisexual, small (less than 1 cm), fragrant and apetalous. Male flowers appear in axillary clusters. Fruit is small, globose, smooth and white in colour. Occassional in deciduous forests.
Habit : Shrub
Comments : Often on foothills to 750 m in scrub jungles. A low altitude replacement of S.virosa (Willd.) Baillon.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Bellary district, Kolar district (Karnataka State); Tamil Nadu State; Anantapur district, Chittoor district, Kadapa district, Nellore district Guntur district (Andhra Pradesh State)
World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar
Literature : R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; 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=Securinega leucopyrus. Downloaded on 27 June 2024.