- Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
(Spurge Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : AMLA FAMILY (आँवला फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Phyllanthaceae
- Synonym(s) : Bridelia airy-shawii P.T.Li; Bridelia cinerascens Gehrm.; Bridelia squamosa (Lam.) Gehrm.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Bridelia retusa (L.) A.Juss.
- Common name : Spinous Kino Tree
- Vernacular name :
- Khaja (Hindi)
- Kove mullu, Mullu honne, Mullu jogala (Kannada)
- Adamaruthu, Mulvaengai, Marivaengai, Semmaram (Tamil)
- Kutgi (Marathi)
- Kutgi (Marathi)
- Kasi, Panikasi (Oria)
- Ekadania, Gonduvi (Hindi)
- Verrikarake, Bontha epi, Koramadi, Anemu (Telugu)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Deciduous forests
- Comments / notes : Common in forests especially in valley sides
- Key identification features : Often with impressed lateral nerves on upper surface of leaves, elongate, interrupted spikes and flowers in sessile clusters; Moderate size tree, apparently thorny when young. Bark is grey to dark brow with longitudinal cracks
- Flower, Fruit : August-February
- Collector(s) Name : S.B. Manohar, B.R. Ramesh
- Collection Date : 08/03/1979
- Collection Nos : KFP 8727
- Collection Locality : B.R Hills, Chamarajanagar district (KA)
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, Srikakulam district, Chittoor district, Kadapa district, Nellore district
- Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Hassan district, Mysuru district, Raichur district, Tumakuru district, Chamarajanagar district
- Maharashtra : Akola district, Thane district
- Odisha : Odisha
- Tamil Nadu : Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kamneg
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Delhi : Delhi
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- 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
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2
- 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
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
- Franklin Benjamin & G.V.S.Murthy, 2013. Flora of Sri Venkateswara National Park, Andhra Pradesh, BSI
- Pullaiah et Ali Moulali 1997. Fl. Andhra Pradesh, vol. 2.pp. 845.
- Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Bridelia retusa. 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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