Alchornea tiliifolia (Benth.) Müll.Arg.

 
  • Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
    (Spurge Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : AMLA FAMILY (आँवला फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Euphorbiaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Alchornea villosa (Benth.) Müll.Arg.; Alchornea zollingeri Hassk.; Aparisthmium sumatranum Rchb. & Zoll.; Bleekeria zollingeri (Hassk.) Miq.; Stipellaria tiliifolia Benth.; Stipellaria villosa Benth.; Stipellaria zollingeri (Hassk.) Miq.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Alchornea tiliifolia (Benth.) Müll.Arg.
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Habitat : Forested or scrubby slopes or valleys
  • Key identification features : Shrubs or small trees, 2-8 m tall, dioecious. Branchlets densely pubescent. Stipules lanceolate, 6-7 mm; petiole 6-20 cm; leaf blade ovate-rhombic to broadly ovate, 10-17 × 6-16 cm, papery, abaxially pubescent, adaxially pubescent along veins, base cuneate or subtruncate, with 4 glands, stipels lanceolate, 2.5-4 mm, margins serrate, apex acuminate to caudate; basal veins 3.
  • Flower, Fruit : March-September
  • Distribution :
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Twang
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nicobar Islands, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • Literature :
    • Herbarium collected by Patanjali Bhartiya Ayurvigyan AvUm Anusandhan Sansthan, Haridwar, Uttarkhand
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 360
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Alchornea tiliifolia. Downloaded on 8 October 2024.

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