Mallotus nepalensis Müll.Arg.

 
  • Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
    (Spurge Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : AMLA FAMILY (आँवला फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Euphorbiaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Mallotus japonicus var. floccosus (Müll.Arg.) S.M.Hwang; Mallotus nepalensis var. floccosus (Müll.Arg.) Pax; Mallotus oreophilus var. floccosus Müll.Arg.; Mallotus tenuifolius var. floccosus (Müll.Arg.) Croizat
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Mallotus nepalensis Müll.Arg.
  • Habit : Shrub or small tree
  • Habitat : In deciduous forests
  • Key identification features : Shrubs or small trees, 4-10m high; Leaves broadly ovate to ovate-orbicular, yellowish dotted, stellate pubescent beneath; Flowers in long, slender, brownish racemes; Capsules tomentose, bristly.
  • Flower, Fruit : April- October
  • Distribution :
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : China, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : China, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal
  • Literature :
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 378
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Mallotus nepalensis. Downloaded on 6 October 2024.

India Distribution

World Distribution

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