Herbarium JCB

Decaschistia crotonifolia Wight & Arn.

Family : MALVACEAE
(HIBISCUS OR MALLOW FAMILY)
Family (as per The Plant List) : Malvaceae
Species : Decaschistia crotonifolia
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Decaschistia crotonifolia Wight & Arn.
Vernacular name : Kolle (Kan.); Selangamaram (Tam.)
Collection Nos : HJCB-E-24; KFP 6644; KFP 7573
Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh R., Karuppusamy, Tilakar M; S.B.Manohar & K.P.Sreenath; S.R.Ramesh & S.B.Manohar
Collection Date : 17/06/14; 07/04/1979; 15/05/1979
Collection Locality : Sirumalai Hills, Dindigual district, Tamil Nadu State; M.M.Hills, Chamarajnagar distict, Karnataka State; B.R.Hills, Chamarajnagar district, Karnataka State
Endemism : Peninsular India
Habitat : Deciduous forest
Key identification features : Shrubs up to 2 m tall. Leaves simple unlobed, petioles up to 5 cm long. Involucre bracts linear-lanceolate, 2 mm broad; seeds glabrous.
Habit : Undershrub
Flower, Fruit : November-July
Native : India
Comments : Occasional clumps on bare slopes, especially among rocks in deciduous forests on hills up to 1400 m of Eastern Ghats.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : B.R.Hills, Malai Mahadeswara Hills (Chamarajnagar district), Bellary district (Karnataka State); Shevaroy Hills (Salem district), Yelagiri Hills (Vellore district, former North Arcot), Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district) (Tamil Nadu State); Tirumala Hills (Chittoor district), Kadapa district, Venkatagiri Hills (Nellore district), Bison Hills (East Godavari district) (Andhra Pradesh State)
World Distribution : India
Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Franklin Benjamin & G.V.S.Murthy, 2013. Flora of Sri Venkateswara National Park, Andhra Pradesh, BSI.; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.; V.V.Sivarajan & A.K.Pradeep. (1996). Malvaceae of Southern Peninsular India: A Taxonomic Monograph. pp. 18-32.
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=Decaschistia crotonifolia. Downloaded on 29 January 2025.