- Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
(Spurge Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : AMLA FAMILY (आँवला फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Euphorbiaceae
- Basionym : Croton philippensis Lam.
- Synonym(s) : Aconceveibum trinerve Miq.; Copianthus indicus Hill; Croton coccineus Vahl; Croton montanus Willd.; Croton philippensis Lam.; Croton punctatus Retz.; Echinus philippensis (Lam.) Baill.; Macaranga stricta (Rchb.f. & Zoll.) Müll.Arg.; Mallotus bicarpellatus T.Kuros.; Mallotus reticulatus Dunn; Mappa stricta Rchb.f. & Zoll.; Rottlera affinis Hassk.; Rottlera aurantiaca Hook. & Arn.; Rottlera philippensis (Lam.) Scheff.; Rottlera tinctoria Roxb.; Tanarius strictus (Rchb.f. & Zoll.) Kuntze
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Mallotus philippensis (Lam.) Mull.Arg.
- Common name : Kamala Tree, Monkey face tree
- Vernacular name :
- Sindur, Kamala, Rohii (Hindi)
- Kampillaka, Kumkumada mara (Kannada)
- Kunnancholai, Korangumanjanathi (Tamil)
- Kampillaka (Sanskrit)
- Shendri (Marathi)
- Sinduri, Kunkumo, Kapilo gundi, Sundari gudi (Oria)
- Naga racta, Sinduri, Sindhuramu (Telugu)
- Chenkolli, Kapila, Kuramaddaku, Kurangumanjal, Manjanampottu, Noorimaram, Ponoo, Ponnakam, Shenkolli, Sindooram, Thavatta (Malayalam)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Mixed forests
- Comments / notes : Often on hills to 800m, on slopes, by shola borders and in forest clearings. Very common. Fruits are bright red and are used to extract dye.
- Flower, Fruit : June-March
- Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh & Raja K. Swmay
- Collection Date : 09/12/2014
- Collection Nos : HJCB-0021
- Collection Locality : Pudunur R.F., Javadu Hills, Tiruvannamalai district (TN)
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Common
- Telangana : Common
- Karnataka : All Districts
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Akola district
- Odisha : Fairly common in forests
- Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
- Uttar Pradesh : Maharajganj district
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Ritchie\'s Archipelago taluk (Havelock Island),Long Island
- World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Western Himalayas, Formosa, Malesia, Australia, Melanesia
- 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
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India.
- Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla
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- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Mallotus philippensis. Downloaded on 2 July 2024.
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