- Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
(Spurge Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : AMLA FAMILY (आँवला फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Euphorbiaceae
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Euphorbia nivulia Buch.-Ham.
- Common name : Common mil hedge, Indian Spurge Tree
- Vernacular name :
- Dabha galli, Dundukalli (Kannada)
- Elaikalli, Kilaimullukkalli, Silaikkalli (Tamil)
- Bontah jamudu (Telugu)
- Elakkalli, Ilakalli, Kallippala (Malayalam)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Scrub forests, dry deciduous forests and rocky places
- Comments / notes : Often on hills to 1000m,generally on steep slopes.
- Key identification features : Bark deeply fissured, outer up to 12 cm thick, dry outside, fleshy inside
- Flower, Fruit : January-April
- Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh, Raja K. Swamy, Navendu Page, K. Sankara Rao; Raja K. Swamy, Arun Singh, Navendu Page, K. Sankara Rao
- Collection Date : 24-02-2016, 23-03-2016
- Collection Nos : HJCB-0470; HJCB-E-361
- Collection Locality : Chandaka WLS, Khurda district (OD); Yercaud hills, Salem district (TN)
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Srikakulam district, West Godavari district, East Godavari district, Guntur district, Kurnool district, Chittoor district
- Karnataka : Hassan district, Bengaluru district, Vijayapura (Bijapur) district, Davanagare district, Mysuru district, Tumakuru district, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district, Kanakpura
- Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Alappuzha district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district
- Odisha : Common in rocky places
- Tamil Nadu : Common in rocky places
- Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Native : Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- 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
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan district
- Saldanha, C.J. (1996). Flora of Karnataka vol. 2. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi
- Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 – Flora of Bangalore district
- Seetharam et al., 2000 – Flora of Gulbarga
- Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore
- Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District
- Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere district
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Euphorbia nivulia. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.
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