Glochidion tomentosum Dalzell

 
  • Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
    (Spurge Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : AMLA FAMILY (आँवला फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Euphorbiaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Glochidion zeylanicum var. tomentosum (Dalzell) Trimen; Glochidion hirsutum (Roxb.) Voigt; Diasperus tomentosus (Dalzell) Kuntze; Glochidion tomentosum Dalzell; Phyllanthus tomentosus (Dalzell) Müll.Arg.; Phyllanthus zeylanicus var. tomentosus (Dalzell) Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Glochidion zeylanicum var. tomentosum (Dalzell) Trimen
  • Vernacular name :
    • Pageri (Telugu)
    • Nellikkapuli (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : On the hill forests
  • Comments / notes : Occasional in hills of Tropical moist deciduous forests
  • Flower, Fruit : July-December
  • Collection Nos : CJS12440
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, East Godavari district
    • Karnataka : Dakshina Kannada district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Uttara Kannada district
    • Kerala : Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Maharashtra : Maharashtra
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, China, Bhutan, Hainan, India, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nicobar Islands, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, China, Bhutan, Hainan, India, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nicobar Islands, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet
  • Conservation Status : Vulnerable (VU)
  • Literature :
    • Pullaiah, T & Ali Moulali, D., 1997. Flora of Andhra Pradesh. Vol. 2
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan District
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg District
    • 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 tomentosum. Downloaded on 14 October 2024.

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