- Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
(Spurge Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : AMLA FAMILY (आँवला फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Phyllanthaceae
- Synonym(s) : Stilago diandra Roxb.; Antidesma diandrum (Roxb.) Spreng.; Stilago lanceolaria Roxb.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Antidesma acidum Retz.
- Vernacular name :
- Amta, Amari, Khatua, Katma, Dhakki, Amoori (Hindi)
- Bili komme, Meginakaadu soppu (Kannada)
- Asaripuli, Kaattukoya (Tamil)
- Pellagumudu, Gumudu (Telugu)
- Nunnunia, Nuniari, Jamarla, Manmudi, Kath-marsuri, Jamula (Oria)
- Asaripuli, Areepazham, Arippazhachedi, Sirupulli (Malayalam)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Tropical semi-evergreen forests, Tropical moist deciduous forests, sacred groves
- Comments / notes : Fairly common in forests and on hills up to 1000m,by forest border, exposed slopes etc.
- Flower, Fruit : May-December
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Kurnool district, Kadapa district, East Godavari district, Vishakapatnam district, Prakasam district, Vizianagaram district
- Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Belagavi district, Chikkamagaluru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district
- Kerala : All district of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Lonavala
- Odisha : Mayurbhanj 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
- Uttarakhand : Nainital district
- Native : Andaman and Nicobar Island, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, India, Jawa, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya
- World Distribution : India incl. Andaman & Nicobar, Myanmar, Thailand, South China, Indo-China, Java, Nepal
- 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
- Sudhakar Reddy, C et al., 2009. Tree Wealth of Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India
- 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
- Saldanha, C.J. (1996). Flora of Karnataka vol. 2. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi district
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Antidesma acidum. Downloaded on 2 July 2024.
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