Securinega leucopyrus (Willd.) Müll.Arg.

 
  • 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.

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