Reidia floribunda Wight

 
  • Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
    (Spurge Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : AMLA FAMILY (आँवला फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Phyllanthaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Phyllanthus wightianus Müll.Arg.
  • Habit : Undershrub
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests, mixed forests
  • Comments / notes : On hills to 1000m, on the floor of moist deciduous to evergreen forests.
  • Flower, Fruit : June-April
  • Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh, Raja K. Swamy; CJ. Saldanha, S.R. Ramesh
  • Collection Date : 13-09-2014, 05-09-1978
  • Collection Nos : HJCB-0037; KFP 2478
  • Collection Locality : Melpatti RF., Vellore district (TN); B.R. Hills, Chamarajanagar districts (KA)
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Mysuru district
    • Kerala : Idukki district
    • Tamil Nadu : Vellore district, Salem district, Namakkal district, Dindigul district, The Nilgiri district
  • Native : South & Southeast Asia
  • Endemism : South India
  • World Distribution : India
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • 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.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Reidia floribunda. Downloaded on 8 October 2024.

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