• Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
  (Spurge Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : AMLA FAMILY (आँवला फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : EUPHORBIACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Mallotus resinosus var. stenanthus (Müll.Arg.) Susila & N.P.Balakr.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Mallotus resinosus (Blanco) Merr.
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Banks of streams
• Comments / notes : Usually in sholas at elevations 670-870 m.
• Key identification features : Leaves rhomboid, drying green. Capsule with conical spines on ripening.
• Flower, Fruit : September-August (WG)
• Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh & Raja K. Swamy
• Collection Date : 31/10/2015
• Collection Nos : HJCB-0380; CS 9
• Collection Locality : Swamy Malai Hills, Vellure district (TN)
• Distribution :
  • Karnataka : Shivamogga district, Uttara Kannada district
  • Kerala : Palakkad district, Idukki district
  • Tamil Nadu : Tiruchirapalli district, Vellore district, Megamalai Wildlife Sanctuary, Theni district
• Native : India
• Endemism : Peninsular India
• World Distribution : India
• Conservation Status : Vulnerable (VU)
• Literature : Saldanha, C. J.(1996). Flora of Karnataka vol.2. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co,New Delhi; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1); Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Ravichandran V personal observation 2014 Aug; Navendu Page (2017). Endemic woody plants of the Western Ghats
• 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=Mallotus stenanthus. Downloaded on 3 April 2025.

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