- Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
(Spurge Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : AMLA FAMILY (आँवला फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Euphorbiaceae
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Bridelia retusa (L.) A.Juss.
- Vernacular name :
- Mulvaengai, Adamarudhu, Maarivaengai (Tamil)
- Habit : Tree
- Comments / notes : Occasional in hills to 1400m, on slopes, inside forests, etc. A good timber tree.
- Key identification features : A moderate-sized deciduous tree; girth up to 2 m; bark when cut is red, to 1.5 cm thick. Flowers are greenish to purplish. Fruits are crowded, tinged red initially, finally white and pulpy.
- Flower, Fruit : May-November
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Srikakulam district, Kurnool district
- Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Dindigul district, Dharmapuri district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Karur district, Krishnagiri district, Madurai district, Namakkal district, Pudukkottai district, Sivaganga district, Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tiruvannamalai district, Villipuram district, Vellore district
- Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
- Literature :
- Franklin Benjamin & G.V.S.Murthy, 2013. Flora of Sri Venkateswara National Park, Andhra Pradesh, BSI.
- Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Bridelia crenulata. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Field Image(s)
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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