- Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
(Spurge Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : AMLA FAMILY (आँवला फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Phyllanthaceae
- Basionym : Glochidion zeylanicum (Gaertn.) A.Juss.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Glochidion zeylanicum (Gaertn.) A.Juss.
- Vernacular name :
- Neeru kukke (Kannada)
- Kumbala (Tamil)
- Itepulla, Pageri, Itepulla (Telugu)
- Kalchia, Berlu (Oria)
- Neervetti, Pannimutti (Malayalam)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests, Tropical semi-evergreen forests, also in the plains
- Comments / notes : Occasional along streams of hills above 1000m, also in sholas
- Flower, Fruit : February-October
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, Chittoor district, East Godavari district, West Godavari district, Srikakulam district, Kurnool district
- Kerala : Kasaragod district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Alappuzha district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Odisha : Angul district, Bargarh district, Koraput district, Sambalpur district, Bolangir 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
- World Distribution : India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Malay Peninsula
- 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
- Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Glochidion zeylanicum. 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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