• Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
  (Spurge Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : AMLA FAMILY (आँवला फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : PHYLLANTHACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Bridelia montana (Roxb.) Willd.
• Vernacular name : Karganalia (Hindi); Marda (Oria); Khaja, Gonduji, Karjualia (Hindi); Pantenga, Panchavoni (Telugu)
• Habit : Tree
• Key identification features : Much branching tree.
• Flower, Fruit : August-December
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Kadapa district, East Godavari district, Prakasam district, Krishna district, Srikakulam district, West Godavari district, Vishakapatnam district
  • Telangana : Nizamabad district, Adilabad district
  • Karnataka : Ballari district
  • Odisha : Koraput district, Malkangiri district, Ganjam district, Sambalpur district
• World Distribution : Foothills of Himalayas
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
• 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=Bridelia montana. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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