Bridelia pubescens Kurz

 
  • Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
    (Spurge Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : AMLA FAMILY (आँवला फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Phyllanthaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Bridelia acuminatissima Merr.; Bridelia glauca var. acuminatissima (Merr.) S.Dressler; Bridelia glauca f. laurifolia (Elmer) Jabl.; Bridelia glauca var. sosopodonica (Airy Shaw) S.Dressler; Bridelia laurifolia Elmer; Bridelia multiflora Zipp. ex Scheff.; Bridelia nooteboomii Chakrab.; Bridelia sosopodonica Airy Shaw; Cleistanthus myrianthoides C.B.Rob.; Cleistanthus oblongifolius var. scaber Müll.Arg.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Bridelia glauca Blume
  • Habit : Tree
  • Comments / notes : Shadi rivines
  • Key identification features : Medium sized trees, 8-15 m high; young shoots pubescent, often spinescent; branchlets tubercled; Leaves elliptic, obovate or suborbicular, pubescent beneath; Flowers in axillary clusters, greenish yellow; Fruits ellipsoid, purple.
  • Flower, Fruit : April-December
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district
    • Odisha : Kalhandi district, Ganjam district, Mayurbhanj district
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Kameng, Lohit, Tirap
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
    • H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 366
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Bridelia pubescens. Downloaded on 9 October 2024.

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