Excoecaria oppositifolia Griff.

 
  • 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) : Excoecaria oppositifolia Griff.
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Habitat : Tropical semi-evergreen forests
  • Key identification features : Shrubs or trees, up to 18 m high; Leaves lanceolate to oblong-Ianceolate, coriaceous, glabrous; Male flowers in slender terminal spikes, female flowers solitary; Fruits orbicular.
  • Flower, Fruit : March-May
  • Distribution :
    • Tamil Nadu : Tirunelveli district
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Siang
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Literature :
    • Ravichandran V personal observation 2015 March
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 372
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Excoecaria oppositifolia. Downloaded on 9 October 2024.

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