Blachia denudata Benth.

 
  • Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
    (Spurge Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : AMLA FAMILY (आँवला फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : EUPHORBIACEAE
  • Synonym(s) : Blachia andamanica subsp. denudata (Benth.) N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab.
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Blachia andamanica subsp. denudata (Benth.) N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab.
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Habitat : Semi-Evergreen forests
  • Key identification features : Male flowers in racemes, female flowers in sub-sessile or peduncled fascicles, often at the base of the male racemes.
  • Flower, Fruit : February-April
  • Collector(s) Name : Syed Maqsood Ahamed, S.R.Ramesh, N.S.Ravindra
  • Collection Nos : KFP 968, KFP 13767
  • Collection Locality : Agumbe-Someshwar
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Mysuru district, Udupi district
    • Kerala : Thrissur district
  • Native : India
  • Endemism : Western Ghats
  • World Distribution : India
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature : Saldanha, C. J. 1996. Flora of Karnataka vol. 2; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere; 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=Blachia denudata. Downloaded on 3 June 2025.

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