• Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
  (Spurge Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : AMLA FAMILY (आँवला फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : EUPHORBIACEAE
• Basionym : Jatropha montana Willd.
• Synonym(s) : Baliospermum solanifolium (Burm.) Suresh; Croton solanifolius Geiseler; Baliospermum axillare Blume
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Baliospermum solanifolium (Burm.) Suresh
• Vernacular name : Danti (Hindi); Kaduharalu (Kannada); Danti (Sanskrit); Jamalgota (Marathi); Dumbojoda, Konaka (Oria); Nelajidi (Telugu); Cheriyadanthi, Danthi, Dantika, Kadalavannakku, Nagadanthi (Malayalam)
• Habit : Undershrub
• Habitat : Moist deciduous forests and field borders; also shaded places
• Comments / notes : Occasional
• Flower, Fruit : August-April
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : East Godavari district, Kurnool district, West Godavari district, Krishna district
  • Telangana : Khammam district, Nizamabad district
  • Karnataka : Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Maharashtra : Akola district
  • Odisha : Cuttack district, Koraput district, Dhenkanal district, Ganjam district, Bargarh district, Angul district, Bolangir district, Khurda district
• World Distribution : Bangladesh, Myanmar, Java, Malay peninsula, India
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Baliospermum montanum. Downloaded on 3 April 2025.

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