Herbarium JCB

Euphorbia rothiana Spreng.

Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
(Spurge Family)
Family (Hindi name) : AMLA FAMILY (आँवला फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : EUPHORBIACEAE
Synonym(s) : Euphorbia laeta Heyne ex Roth
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Euphorbia rothiana Spreng.
Vernacular name : Merasupalchedi (Malayalam)
Habit : Undershrub
Habitat : Margins of Evergreen forests and grasslands
Comments / notes : Occasional on hills above 1200m, as a colonizer on the new roads.
Key identification features : Milky latex, inflorescence unique (Cyathium)
Flower, Fruit : September-April
Collection Nos : KFP 2282, KFP 5560, Townsend & T.P.R 76
Distribution :
- Karnataka : Belagavi district, Chikkamagaluru district, Dharwad district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Raichur district, Shivamogga district, Uttara Kannada district
- Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Idukki district
- Odisha : Ganjam district
- Tamil Nadu : Namakkal district
Native : India, Sri Lanka
World Distribution : Europe, Africa, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Molluccas
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.; Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka; Saldanha, C.J. (1996). Flora of Karnataka vol. 2. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi; Balakrishna Gowda & A.N. Sringesh 2004 – Flora of Sringeri (checklist unpublished); Seetharam et al., 2000 – Flora of Gulbarga; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state.
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=Euphorbia rothiana. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.