Blachia calycina Benth.

 
  • Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
    (Spurge Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : AMLA FAMILY (आँवला फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Euphorbiaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Croton umbellatus Wight
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Blachia calycina Benth.
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests
  • Key identification features : Leaves elliptic rounded, male flowers in racemes, female flowers solitary.
  • Flower, Fruit : January-March
  • Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha: Raja K. Swamy, Noel Sebastian
  • Collection Date : 13-01-2019
  • Collection Nos : CJS 15803, CJS 16559; HJCB-2258
  • Collection Locality : Maranahalli, Shiradi Ghat (Hassan); Mancholai forest, Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Dakshina Kannada district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Shivamogga district, Uttara Kannada district
    • Kerala : Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Tamil Nadu : Megamalai Wildlife Sanctuary, Theni district, Tirunelveli district, Virudhunagar district
  • Native : India
  • Endemism : Western Ghats
  • World Distribution : India
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka
    • Saldanha, C. J. 1996. Flora of Karnataka vol. 2
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Ravichandran, V. 2016. Taxonomic and Phytogeographical investigation on endemic plants of Western Ghats with special reference to Megamalai Wildlife Sanctuary of Tamil Nadu (Ph.D. thesis work)
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Blachia calycina. Downloaded on 5 October 2024.

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