Mallotus intermedius (Baill.) N.P.Balakr.

 
  • Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
    (SPURGE FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Euphorbiaceae
  • Species : Mallotus intermedius
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Mallotus resinosus (Blanco) Merr.
  • Vernacular name : Kattupulasai, Karuvalichi, Solai Karupichchi (Tam.)
  • Endemism : Peninsular India
  • Key identification features : Shrubs or small trees. Young branchlets compressed, glabrous or puberulous. Leaves glabrous above, sparsely yellow-glandular beneath, elliptic-rhomboid. Pistillate flowers are remote. Capsule with many regular spines or echinate processes, stellately hairy inside.
  • Habit : Tree
  • Flower, Fruit : Throughout the Year
  • Comments : Often on shola forests up to 1300 m.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Kolli Hills (Namakkal district) (Tamil Nadu State)
  • World Distribution : India
  • 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=Mallotus intermedius. Downloaded on 27 June 2024.

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