Mallotus tetracoccus (Roth) Kurz

 
  • Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Euphorbiaceae
  • Species : Mallotus tetracoccus (Roth) Kurz
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Mallotus tetracoccus (Roxb.) Kurz
  • Vernacular name : Kukbuta (Kan.)
  • Collection Nos : HFP 15092, KFP 13514, KFP 1227
  • Key identification features : Moderate-sized trees, with young parts being brown-tomentose. Leaves are alternate, spiralled, orbicular or deltoid, 3-5 palmately ribbed, and brown tomentose beneath. Flowers are in dense yellow clusters. Ovary 4-locular, style is 3-4 fid. Capsule 3-4 valved, white, ferruginous, papillose. Seeds black, smooth, often minutely rugose.
  • Habit : Tree
  • Native : India, Myanmar
  • Comments : Common in moist deciduous secondary forests.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Chamrajnagar, Chikamagalur, Dakshina Kannada, Hassan, Kodagu, Mysore, Shimoga, Uttara Kannada, Udupi
  • Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Saldanha, 1996; Gowda, 2004 - Sringeri

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  • Rakesh Bhali 2026-07-13 03:09:16

    I need sample of the tree for my Phd. Where to get the sample of the tree or part of it.
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