- Family : SAPINDACEAE
(Soapberry Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : REETHA FAMILY (रीठा फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Sapindaceae
- Basionym : Ptelea arborea Blanco
- Synonym(s) : Harpullia mellea Lauterb.; Harpullia imbricata (Blume) Thw.; Otonychium imbricatum Blume
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Harpullia arborea (Blanco) Radlk.
- Common name : Dolls eyes, Mogum-mogum
- Vernacular name :
- Bidyale (Kannada)
- Nei Kottei (Tamil)
- Phutika, Patuli (Oria)
- Chittilamadakku, Puzhukkolli (Malayalam)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Along streams in Tropical semi-evergreen forests, Tropical evergreen forests
- Comments / notes : Rare
- Key identification features : A large tree; capsule inflated, 2-lobed, orange-scarlet
- Flower, Fruit : December-August
- Distribution :
- Karnataka : Dakshina Kannada district, Uttara Kannada district, Udupi district, Shivamogga district
- Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district
- Maharashtra : Konkan
- Odisha : Dhenkanal district
- Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, The Nilgiri district, Tirunelveli district
- Native : Australia, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, Fiji, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Australia, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, Fiji, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
- N.P. Sing & S. Karthikeyan 2000. Flora of Maharashtra vol 1
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Harpullia arborea. Downloaded on 8 October 2024.
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