Glochidion lanceolarium (Roxb.) Voigt

 
  • Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
    (Spurge Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : AMLA FAMILY (आँवला फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Phyllanthaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Bradleia lanceolaria Roxb.; Diasperus lanceolarius (Roxb.) Kuntze; Phyllanthus lanceolarius (Roxb.) Müll.Arg.; Diasperus benthamianus Kuntze; Glochidion cantoniense Hance; Glochidion macrophyllum Benth.; Glochidion subsessile var. birmanicum Chakrab. & M.Gangop.; Glochisandra acuminata Wight; Phyllanthus benthamianus Müll.Arg.; Phyllanthus fraxinifolius G.Lodd.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Glochidion lanceolarium (Roxb.) Voigt
  • Habit : Tree
  • Key identification features : Shrubs or medium sized trees, 5-12 m high with spreading crown; Stipules spinuous; Leaves elliptic, elliptic-oblong or elliptic-Ianceolate; Male flowers yellowish, pedicellate; female flowers in clusters, greenish; Capsules subglobose.
  • Flower, Fruit : March-January
  • Distribution :
    • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Bargarh district, Cuttack district, Sambalpur district
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, Hainan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, Hainan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam
  • 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: 373
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Glochidion lanceolarium. Downloaded on 8 October 2024.

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