Antidesma zeylanicum Lam.

 
  • Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
    (Spurge Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : AMLA FAMILY (आँवला फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : PHYLLANTHACEAE
  • Synonym(s) : Antidesma alexiteria L.
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Antidesma alexiteria L.
  • Vernacular name : Thathalamaram (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Evergreen forests
  • Comments / notes : Often on hills to 1000m,generally by forest borders and abundant on hills of moist deciduous patches.
  • Flower, Fruit : March-November
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Kurnool district, Vishakapatnam district
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Tamil Nadu : Tiruchirapalli district, Madurai district
  • Native : India, Sri Lanka
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature : Parthsarathy, N & Pragasan , A L 2009. Check List 5(3):542-569; 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=Antidesma zeylanicum. Downloaded on 8 December 2024.

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