Macaranga indica Wight

 
  • Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
    (SPURGE FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Euphorbiaceae
  • Species : Macaranga indica
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Macaranga indica Wight
  • Vernacular name : Vattakkanni (Tam.)
  • Key identification features : Moderate-size trees, with young parts tomentose. Petiole up to 18 cm long. Leaves with large stipules and round resinous yellowish glands beneath. Inflorescence pubescent, bracts linear with apical glands. Calyx valvate, splitting into 2-3 lobes in male and 2-4 lobes in female. Ovary 1-2 locular.
  • Habit : Tree
  • Flower, Fruit : February-October
  • Native : India, Sri Lanka
  • Comments : Often on hills above 1000 m in semi-evergreen patches and also in sholas.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Tamil Nadu State
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Eastern Himalaya, China, Andaman Islands, Thailand, Malaya Peninsula
  • Literature : Parthsarathy, N & Pragasan , A L 2009. Check List 5(3):542-569; 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=Macaranga indica. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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