Herbarium JCB

Glochidion ellipticum Wight

Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
Family (As per The Plant List) : Euphorbiaceae
Species : Glochidion ellipticum
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Glochidion ellipticum Wight
Vernacular name : Kaadukappi (Kan.)
Collection Nos : KFP 4801; HJCB-146
Collector(s) Name : S.R. Ramesh & K.R. Keshava Murthy; Sringeswara, Arun Singh, Navendu Page, Imran Baig & Sankara Rao
Endemism : Western Ghats
Key identification features : Branches angled. Flowers greenish-yellow. Fruits sessile.
Habit : Tree
Native : India
Comments : Common on the dry slopes on hilly plains.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Collection Locality : Dattatreya peetha (Chikamagalur); Jenkalbetta (Hassan)
Distribution Locality : Belgaum, Chikamagalur, Dakshina Kannada, Hassan, Kodagu, Mysore, Shimoga, Uttara Kannada
Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Saldanha, 1996; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg

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Akash G Vanzara 2017-12-09 03:56:57
Sir/Mam My self Akash Vanzara, one of the student of The M.S.Universiy Vadodara, Gujarat. I had collected one Glochidion species from South Gujarat. but unfortunately, species is not be identified yet. in that, I need some help with your expertise. if its possible to you. hereby I am mentioning few characters of the species Flowers are in axillary and sessile, not pedunculate Female calyx cupular, Tepals are 6, styles connate 3, Leaves glabrous. with 11.5cm * 4.8 cm. with acuminate apex leaves ovate to elliptic. pedicel very short about 4 to5 mm long.