Herbarium JCB

Lepisanthes tetraphylla (Vahl) Radlk.

Family : SAPINDACEAE
(Soapberry Family)
Family (Hindi name) : REETHA FAMILY (रीठा फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : SAPINDACEAE
Basionym : Sapindus tetraphyllus Vahl
Synonym(s) : Hemigyrosa canescens (Roxb.) Blume; Molinaea canescens Roxb.; Lepisanthes deficiens (Wight & Arn.) Radlk.; Hemigyrosa deficiens (Wight & Arn.) Bedd.
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Unresolved name
Common name : Wild Aphania
Vernacular name : Kaluhatta, Moolaga (Hindi); Kattupuvarasu, Nekota, Nehotaa, Kuhamathi (Tamil); Korivi (Telugu); Panikusun (Oria); Kalpoovathi, Kulapunna, Naikolli, Poovalmaram (Malayalam)
Habit : Tree
Habitat : Semi-evergreen and Evergreen forests; in sacred groves
Flower, Fruit : November-May
Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh R, Imran Baig & A.N.Sringeswara
Collection Date : 08/04/2014
Collection Nos : HJCB-E-36
Collection Locality : Amirthi R.F., Vellore district (TN)
Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Nellore district, Kurnool district, Guntur district, Chittoor district, Vishakapatnam district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Mumbai Suburban district, Pune district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Sindhudurg district, Thane district
- Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China, Thailand, Vietnam, Malay peninsula, Cambodia, Martinique, Africa
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1; Pullaiah, T & Chennaiah, E., 1997. Flora of Andhra Pradesh. Vol. 1.; N.P. Singh & S. Karthikeyan 2000. Flora of Maharashtra vol 1. Botanical survey of India, Govt. India.
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=Lepisanthes tetraphylla. Downloaded on 5 June 2025.