Herbarium JCB

Drypetes roxburghii (Wall.) Hurusawa

Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
Family (As per The Plant List) : Putranjivaceae
Species : Drypetes roxburghii
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Putranjiva roxburghii Wall.
Common name : Indian Amulet Tree, Putranjiva
Vernacular name : Putrajivah, Putranjiva (San.); Jivputrak, Jiyapota (Hin.); Putranjivi (Kan.)
Collection Nos : KFP 6296
Key identification features : A medium size handsome evergreen tree with long drooping branches. Leaves are elliptic, dark-green and glossy on the upper surface. Flowers are tiny without petals, male and female flowers being borne on separate trees. Male flowers are yellowish-green and are crowded in dense clusters, whereas the female flowers are greenish, solitary on long stalks. Fruit is small, nearly round and olive-like. Bark grey, smooth and horizontally mottled.
Habit : Tree
Native : India
Comments : Wood used in turnery work; Seeds are strung and made into necklaces and rosaries which are worn usually by children.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Bangalore, Belgaum, Chikamagalur, Chitradurga, Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Uttara Kannada
Floras referred : Saldanha, 1996; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Bangalore; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi