Glochidion velutinum Wight

 
  • Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
    (Spurge Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : AMLA FAMILY (आँवला फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Phyllanthaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Gynoon heyneanum Wight & Arn.; Bradleia ovata Wall.; Diasperus asperus (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze; Diasperus nepalensis (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze; Diasperus velutinus (Wight) Kuntze; Eriococcus glaucescens Zoll.; Glochidion asperum (Müll.Arg.) Bedd.; Glochidion nepalense (Müll.Arg.) Kurz; Glochidion shanense Gang Yao & S.X.Luo; Glochidion velutinum Wight; Phyllanthus asperus Müll.Arg.; Phyllanthus nepalensis Müll.Arg.; Phyllanthus velutinus (Wight) Müll.Arg.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Glochidion heyneanum (Wight & Arn.) Wight
  • Common name : White Catamaran Tree
  • Vernacular name :
    • Salai mara (Kannada)
    • Chathakkadambu, Kayara (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests, deciduous, Shola
  • Flower, Fruit : March-November
  • Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy, Arun Singh
  • Collection Date : 28/11/2014
  • Collection Nos : HJCB-0245
  • Collection Locality : Tirumal Hills, Chittoor district (AP)
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, Kurnool district, Chittoor district
    • Goa : South Goa district
    • Karnataka : Belagavi district, Chikkamagaluru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Uttara Kannada district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Kottayam district
    • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Rayagada district, Ganjam district, Koraput district, Kalhandi district, Sambalpur district
    • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Dindigul district, The Nilgiri district, Salem district, Theni district, Virudhunagar district
    • Madhya Pradesh : Madhya Pradesh
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
    • Assam : Assam
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
    • H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
    • Sudhakar Reddy, C et al., 2009. Tree Wealth of Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India
    • 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.
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 374
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Glochidion velutinum. Downloaded on 8 December 2024.

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