Herbarium JCB

Bridelia retusa (L.) Spreng.

Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
Family (As per The Plant List) : Euphorbiaceae
Species : Bridelia retusa
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Not found in The Plant List
Common name : Spinous Kino Tree
Vernacular name : Khaja (Hin.); Kove mullu, Mullu honne, Mullu jogala (Kan.)
Collection Nos : KFP 8727, KFP 10336, KFP 10106
Collector(s) Name : S.B.Manohar & B.R.Ramesh
Key identification features : A shrub or a medium-sized deciduous tree up to 18 m high. Young trees are armed with strong conical thorns. Bark is grey to dark brown, with longitudinal cracks. Leaves are simple, elliptic-oblong, brown pubescent on the lower surface; lateral nerves 18-25 pairs, usually forked near the margin. Flowers are borne in clusters on an elongated spike. Petals are 5, clawed, cucullate and dentate in male and with a corona in female. Stamens are borne on a gynophore. Styles 2, stigma bifid. Fruit is a 1-seeded pyrene.
Habit : Tree
Native : South-east Asia
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Collection Locality : B.R.Hills (Chamarajnagar)
Distribution Locality : Chikamagalur, Dakshina Kannada, Davanagere, Gulbarga, Hassan, Kodagu, Mysore, Tumkur, Udupi
Floras referred : Saldanha, 1996; Gowda, 2004 - Sringeri; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Bangalore; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere