- Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
(Spurge Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : AMLA FAMILY (आँवला फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Phyllanthaceae
- Basionym : Flueggea leucopyrus Willd.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Flueggea leucopyrus Willd.
- Common name : Spinous Fluggea
- Vernacular name :
- Harratto, Aenta (Hindi)
- Bilishooli gida, Gudale gida (Kannada)
- Vellaipula, Madhupullanthi (Tamil)
- Pandurhaphali, Bhooriphali (Sanskrit)
- Ambborippachila, Mulpulanji, Perimklavu, Vellamullaram (Malayalam)
- Habit : Shrub
- Habitat : Tropical dry deciduous forests
- Comments / notes : Often on foothills to 750m in scrub jungles; a low altitude replacement of S.virosa.
- Flower, Fruit : July-November
- Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha; Raja K. Swamy
- Collection Date : 05-07-1969, 28-08-2018
- Collection Nos : 14082, HJCB 1452, HJCB 1693
- Collection Locality : Halebid hills; Kozhikod, Kerala
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Chittoor district, Kadapa district, Nellore district, Guntur district, Kurnool district
- Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Mysuru district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Dakshina Kannada district, Uttara Kannada district, Kolar district, Udupi district, Shivamogga district
- Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kollam district
- Maharashtra : Thane district
- Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
- Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Native : Bangladesh, China, Ethiopia, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Socotra, Somalia, Sri Lanka
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Bangladesh, China, Ethiopia, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Socotra, Somalia, Sri Lanka
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- 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.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Securinega leucopyrus. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.
|
|
Botanical Description
|
|
Herbarium Specimen(s)
|
|
|
|
Field Image(s)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Habitat
|
|
India Distribution
|
|
World Distribution
|
|
|