Herbarium JCB

Mallotus tetracoccus (Roxb.) Kurz

Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
(Spurge Family)
Family (Hindi name) : AMLA FAMILY (आँवला फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : EUPHORBIACEAE
Synonym(s) : Rottlera ferruginea Roxb.; Mallotus ferrugineus (Roxb.) Müll.Arg.; Mallotus albus var. occidentalis Hook.f.
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Mallotus tetracoccus (Roxb.) Kurz
Vernacular name : Mullupolavu (Tamil); Adukanni, Perakela, Porivatta, Pottamaram, Vattakumbil, Thavittuvatta (Malayalam)
Habit : Tree
Habitat : Evergreen, semi-evergreen and shola forests, also in the plains
Comments / notes : Occasional on hill slopes above 1200m in sholas
Flower, Fruit : June-April
Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy & Noel Sebastian
Collection Date : 26-11-2018
Collection Nos : HJCB-1859
Collection Locality : Adimali, Idukki district, Kerala
Distribution :
- Karnataka : Chamarajanagar district, Chikkamagaluru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Uttara Kannada district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Tamil Nadu : Alagar Hills (Madurai district), Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Shevaroy Hills, Kalrayan Hills, Bodamalai Hills (Salem district), Pachamalai Hills (Tiruchirapalli district), Chitteri Hills, Yelagiri Hills (Vellore district), Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district), Piranmalai Hills (Sivaganga district), Theerthamalai Hills, Dharmapuri Hills (Dharmapuri district), Gingee Hill (Villipuram district), Javadu Hills (Tiruvannamalai district)
World Distribution : Sri Lanka, India, Myanmar, Himalayas, South China
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Literature : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka; Saldanha, C. J. 1996. Flora of Karnataka vol. 2; Balakrishna Gowda & A.N. Sringesh 2004 – Sringeri (checklist unpublished); Gamble, 1925. Fl. Pres. Madr. vol. 2. pp.1321; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Herbarium specimen from Adimali, Idukki district, Kerala
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 tetracoccus. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.