• Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
  (Spurge Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : AMLA FAMILY (आँवला फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : EUPHORBIACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Glochidion bourdillonii Gamble
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Evergreen forests
• Comments / notes : Small evergreen tree, common in ravines and along streams.
• Key identification features : Leaves asymmetric at base, reticulate venation prominent.
• Flower, Fruit : February-March
• Distribution :
  • Karnataka : Mysuru district
  • Kerala : Kannur district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
• Native : India
• Endemism : Peninsular India
• Conservation Status : Vulnerable (VU)
• Literature : Saldanha, C.J. (1996). Flora of Karnataka vol. 2. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi; Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District; 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=Glochidion bourdillonii. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

Botanical Description