Fahrenheitia zeylanica (Thwaites) Airy Shaw

 
  • 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) : Paracroton pendulus subsp. zeylanicus (Thwaites) N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab.
  • Vernacular name :
    • Bale, Sotige (Kannada)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Key identification features : Racemes usually dioecious; female racemes persistent and flowering during the next season.
  • Collection Nos : KFP 120, CJS 13417, CJS 16817
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Hassan district, Shivamogga district, Dakshina Kannada district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Udupi district
  • Native : India, Sri Lanka
  • Endemism : Western Ghats
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka
    • Saldanha, C.J. (1996). Flora of Karnataka vol. 2. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi
    • Balakrishna Gowda & A.N. Sringesh 2004 –Flora of Sringeri (checklist unpublished)
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Fahrenheitia zeylanica. Downloaded on 7 October 2024.

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