Jatropha glandulifera Roxb.

 
  • 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) : Jatropha glandulifera Roxb.
  • Vernacular name : Thotali gida (Kannada); Vellaikattukottai (Tamil)
  • Habit : Undershrub
  • Habitat : Plains, wastelands and scrub jungles
  • Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
  • Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy
  • Collection Date : 02/01/2016
  • Collection Nos : HJCB-E-272
  • Collection Locality : Mabbuchintalapalle, Kadapa district (AP)
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Ballari district, Vijayapura (Bijapur) district, Chitradurga district, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district, Raichur district
    • Odisha : Throughout Odisha
    • Tamil Nadu : Throughout
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Africa
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; Saldanha, C.J. (1996). Flora of Karnataka vol. 2. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi; Seetharam et al., 2000 – Flora of Gulbarga District; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
  • 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=Jatropha glandulifera. Downloaded on 3 June 2024.

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