- Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
(Spurge Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : AMLA FAMILY (आँवला फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Euphorbiaceae
- Synonym(s) : Croton caudatus var. obovoideus N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab.; Croton caudatus var. genuinus Müll.Arg.; Oxydectes caudata (Geiseler) Kuntze; Croton aromaticus Gaertn.; Croton caudatus var. denticulatus Müll.Arg.; Croton caudatus var. globosus Hook.f.; Croton caudatus var. harmandii Gagnep.; Croton caudatus var. hispidus Hook.f.; Croton caudatus var. malaccanus Hook.f.; Croton caudatus var. oblongifolius Müll.Arg.; Croton caudatus var. ruminatus Hook.f.; Croton caudatus var. tomentosus Hook.f.; Croton denticulatus Blume; Croton drupaceus Roxb.; Croton malvifolius Griff.; Croton racemosus Burm.f.; Oxydectes denticulata Kuntze
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Croton caudatus Geiseler
- Vernacular name :
- Furudi (Oria)
- Umithinnikodi (Malayalam)
- Habit : Climbing shrub
- Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests, Tropical semi-evergreen forests, scrub, open forests
- Flower, Fruit : April-May
- Distribution :
- Kerala : Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district
- Odisha : Cuttack district, Ganjam district, Mayurbhanj district, Puri district, Khurda district
- Tamil Nadu : Tirunelveli district, Coimbatore district
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- West Bengal : West Bengal
- Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Kameng, Lohit, Siang, Tirap
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Christmas Island, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : India, Eastern Himalayas, Bangladesh, Malacca, Java, Philippines
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 368
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Croton caudatus. 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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Habitat
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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