- Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
(SPURGE FAMILY)
- Family (as per The Plant List) : Euphorbiaceae
- Species : Suregada angustifolia
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Suregada lanceolata (Willd.) Kuntze
- Vernacular name : Sargada (Tel.); Dalsing, Pitakhakara, Kukra, Guakulia (Ori.)
- Key identification features : Moderate-sized evergreen dioecious trees. Leaves alternate, obovate to oblanceolate, shining and leathery texture. Stamens about 25, disc annular.
- Habit : Tree
- Flower, Fruit : December-April
- Native : India
- Comments : Often on hills to 600 m or more with a rather restricted distribution. Occasionally seen growing across hill streams mixed with a number of evergreen species.
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Distribution Locality : Alagar Hills (Madurai district), Kalrayan Hills (Salem district), Javadhu Hills (Tiruvannamalai district, former North Arcot) (Tamil Nadu State); Visakhapatnam district, Srikakuklam district, Prakasham district, Kurnool district, Nellore district, Chittoor district (Andhra Pradesh State); Mahendragiri Hills (Ganjam district), Cuttack district, Koraput district, Khurda district (Odisha State); Arang Forest (Raipur district) (Chhattisgarh State)
- World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
- Literature : J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3 ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; 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=Suregada angustifolia. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.
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