- Family : SAPINDACEAE
(Soapberry Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : REETHA FAMILY (रीठा फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Sapindaceae
- Synonym(s) : Ptelea viscosa L.; Dodonaea arabica Hochst. & Steud.; Dodonaea arborea Herter; Dodonaea bialata Kunth; Dodonaea candolleana Blume; Dodonaea cuneata Rudge; Dodonaea dioica Roxb. ex DC.; Dodonaea ehrenbergii Schltdl.; Dodonaea eriocarpa Sm.; Dodonaea eriocarpa f. galapagensis Sherff; Dodonaea eriocarpa var. vaccinioides Sherff; Dodonaea fauriei H.Lév.; Dodonaea forsteri Montrouz.; Dodonaea illita F.Muell. ex Regel; Dodonaea jamaicensis DC.; Dodonaea kohautiana Schltdl.; Dodonaea latifolia Salisb.; Dodonaea linearifolia Turcz.; Dodonaea lucida Moench; Dodonaea microcarya Small; Dodonaea neriifolia A.Cunn. ex A.Gray; Dodonaea oblongifolia Link; Dodonaea ovata Dum.Cours.; Dodonaea pallida Miq.; Dodonaea pauca Herrera; Dodonaea paulinia Herrera; Dodonaea pentandra Griff.; Dodonaea repanda Thonn.; Dodonaea sandwicensis Sherff; Dodonaea stenoptera Hillebr.; Dodonaea viscosa f. ehrenbergii (Schltdl.) Sherff; Dodonaea viscosa f. eriocarpoidea Sherff; Dodonaea viscosa f. hispidula Sherff; Dodonaea viscosa f. lilacina Kuntze; Dodonaea viscosa var. obovata C.L.Hitchc.; Dodonaea viscosa f. repanda Radlk.; Dodonaea viscosa f. typica Herter; Dodonaea viscosa var. vulgaris Benth.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Dodonaea viscosa (L.) Jacq.
- Common name : Hopseed bush, Switch sorrel
- Vernacular name :
- Sinatha, Aliaar (Hindi)
- Bandare, Bandarike (Kannada)
- Bandaru, Bhandara (Telugu)
- Mohra, Mahada (Oria)
- Viraali, Villari (Tamil)
- Mohara, Mahada (Oria)
- Aattotta, Vrali, Krali, Unnatharuvi (Malayalam)
- Habit : Shrub
- Habitat : Shola, Tropical evergreen forests, Tropical dry deciduous forests, scrub forests
- Key identification features : A large shrub to small tree up to 8 m height.Young shoots are more or less viscid with yellow resin. Leaves are simple, linear-oblong to narrowly oblanceolate, up to 11 cm long, 4.5cm broad. Inflorescence is a panicle of racemes. Flowers are polygamous, corolla is white with recurved margin, stamens are 8 and exserted, ovary is entire with terminal style which is once branched above the middle,stigma is capitate. Fruit is a capsule 1.5 cm broad with wings.
- Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
- Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy
- Collection Date : 06/09/2009
- Collection Nos : FAP 36402
- Collection Locality : Thummalapalle, Kadapa district (AP)
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Kurnool district, Guntur district, Anantapur district, West Godavari district, Srikakulam district, Kadapa district, Vishakapatnam district
- Karnataka : All districts of Karnataka
- Kerala : Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Odisha : Cuttack district, Puri district, Kalhandi district
- Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
- Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Betapur,Neill,Jolly Boy's, Barren and Narcondam Islands
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Pantropical
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1
- J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
- 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
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan district
- Saldanha, C. J. (1996). Flora of Karnataka vol. 2. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi
- Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 – Flora of Bangalore district
- Seetharam et al., 2000 – Flora of Gulbarga
- Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District
- Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg district
- Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere
- Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 135
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Dodonaea viscosa. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Line Drawings
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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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