Trewia nudiflora L.

 
  • Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
    (Spurge Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : AMLA FAMILY (आँवला फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Euphorbiaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Trevia nudiflora L.; Mallotus cardiophyllus Merr.; Rottlera hoperiana Blume ex Müll.Arg.; Rottlera indica Willd.; Rottlera operiana Blume ex Baill.; Trevia integerrima Stokes; Trevia macrophylla B.Heyne ex Roth; Trevia macrostachya Klotzsch; Trevia nudiflora var. tomentosa Susila & N.P.Balakr.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Mallotus nudiflorus (L.) Kulju & Welzen
  • Common name : Gamari, Gutel, Fals white teak
  • Vernacular name :
    • Gumhar, Bhillaura, Pindara, Tumri (Hindi)
    • Kat-kumbla (Kannada)
    • Aattharasu (Tamil)
    • Panigambhari, Pitta khai, Tobu, Mundu (Oria)
    • Eerupunanu (Telugu)
    • Ammanaka, Malamkumbil, Naikumbil, Pambarakumbil, Thavalamaram (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Along riverbanks in evergreen and Tropical semi-evergreen forests
  • Comments / notes : On hills of dry-evergreen to moist deciduous patches, also along river banks.
  • Flower, Fruit : May-March
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Srikakulam district, Vishakapatnam district, West Godavari district
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Ganjam district, Kalhandi district
    • Tamil Nadu : Tiruchirapalli district, Thanjavur district
    • Madhya Pradesh : Madhya Pradesh
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Delhi : Delhi
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • 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
    • 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.
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 386
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Trewia nudiflora. Downloaded on 10 October 2024.

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