- Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
(Spurge Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : AMLA FAMILY (आँवला फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : EUPHORBIACEAE
- Synonym(s) : Croton caudatus var. obovoideus N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab.
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Croton caudatus Geiseler
- Vernacular name : Furudi (Oria); Umithinnikodi (Malayalam)
- Habit : Climbing shrub
- Habitat : Evergreen, semi-evergreen, scrub and open forests
- Flower, Fruit : April-May
- Distribution :
- Kerala : Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district
- Odisha : Cuttack district, Ganjam district, Mayurbhanj district, Puri district, Khurda district
- Tamil Nadu : Tirunelveli district, Coimbatore district
- World Distribution : India, Eastern Himalayas, Bangladesh, Malacca, Java, Philippines
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; 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=Croton caudatus. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Field Image(s)
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