Glochidion velutinum Wight

 
  • Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Euphorbiaceae
  • Species : Glochidion velutinum
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Glochidion heyneanum (Wight & Arn.) Wight
  • Common name : Velvetymelon feather foil
  • Vernacular name : Salai mara (Kan.)
  • Collection Nos : KFP 7683, KFP 8678
  • Key identification features : Shrubs or small trees with flexuous, velvety-pubescent branches. Leaves ovate-elliptic, subacute, pubescent along nerves. Stamens 3. Calyx of female flowers deeply lobed, style villous. Schizocarp distinctly stalked, depressed globose, 8-lobed.
  • Habit : Tree
  • Native : India, Myanmar
  • Comments : Common in moist deciduous forests.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Belgaum, Chikamagalur, Dakshina Kannada, Mysore, Shimoga, Uttara Kannada
  • Floras referred : Saldanha, 1996; Gowda, 2004 - Sringeri; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore

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