• Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
  (Spurge Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : AMLA FAMILY (आँवला फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : EUPHORBIACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Jatropha heterophylla B.Heyne ex Hook.f.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Jatropha heynei N.P.Balakr.
• Habit : Undershrub
• Habitat : Margin of sal forests and deciduous forests, also scrub jungles
• Flower, Fruit : June-July
• Collector(s) Name : Raja K.Swamy
• Collection Date : 19/05/2010
• Collection Nos : FAP 39158
• Collection Locality : Way to Atmakur, Kurnool district (AP)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, Prakasam district
  • Karnataka : Ballari district
  • Odisha : Bolangir district
  • Tamil Nadu : Salem district
• Native : India
• Endemism : Peninsular India
• World Distribution : India
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; 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.
• 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 heynei. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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