Drypetes porteri (Gamble) Pax & K.Hoffm.

 
  • Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
    (SPURGE FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Putranjivaceae
  • Species : Drypetes porteri
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Drypetes porteri (Gamble) Pax & K.Hoffm.
  • Endemism : South India
  • Key identification features : A small evergreen tree. Bark grey, thin peeling off in flakes.
  • Habit : Tree
  • Flower, Fruit : March-July
  • Comments : Rare in primary forests, near streams up to 1800 m.
  • Conservation Status : Endangered (EN)
  • Distribution Locality : Gingee Hills (Villupuram district), Madurai district (Tamil Nadu State)
  • World Distribution : India
  • Literature : Balachandran, N, K. Rajendiran & W.F. Gastmans (2015) Occurrence of three Western Ghats elements in dry evergreen forest of Gingee Hills, Eastern Ghats of Tamil Nadu, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 7(14): 8177-8181.; Neginhal, S.G., Forest Trees of the Western Ghats includes Eastern Ghats and Deccan Plateau. 2011.
  • 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=Drypetes porteri. Downloaded on 27 June 2024.

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