- Family : SAPINDACEAE
(Soapberry Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : REETHA FAMILY (रीठा फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Sapindaceae
- Basionym : Sapindus tetraphyllus Vahl
- Synonym(s) : Hemigyrosa canescens (Roxb.) Blume; Molinaea canescens Roxb.; Lepisanthes deficiens (Wight & Arn.) Radlk.; Hemigyrosa deficiens (Wight & Arn.) Bedd.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Lepisanthes tetraphylla (Vahl) Radlk.
- Common name : Wild Aphania
- Vernacular name :
- Kaluhatta, Moolaga (Hindi)
- Kattupuvarasu, Nekota, Nehotaa, Kuhamathi (Tamil)
- Korivi (Telugu)
- Panikusun (Oria)
- Kalpoovathi, Kulapunna, Naikolli, Poovalmaram (Malayalam)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Tropical semi-evergreen forests, Tropical evergreen forests; in sacred groves
- Flower, Fruit : November-May
- Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh, Imran Baig, A.N.Sringeswara
- Collection Date : 04/08/2014
- Collection Nos : HJCB-E-36
- Collection Locality : Amirthi R.F., Vellore district (TN)
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Nellore district, Kurnool district, Guntur district, Chittoor district, Vishakapatnam district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Mumbai Suburban district, Pune district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Sindhudurg district, Thane district
- Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
- Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
- Assam : Assam
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman Islands
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China, Thailand, Vietnam, Malay peninsula, Cambodia, Martinique, Africa
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
- Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1
- Pullaiah, T & Chennaiah, E., 1997. Flora of Andhra Pradesh. Vol. 1.
- N.P. Singh & S. Karthikeyan 2000. Flora of Maharashtra vol 1. Botanical survey of India, Govt. India.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Lepisanthes tetraphylla. Downloaded on 13 December 2024.
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