Macaranga denticulata (Blume) Müll.Arg.

 
  • Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
    (Spurge Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : AMLA FAMILY (आँवला फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Euphorbiaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Mappa denticulata Blume; Tanarius denticulatus (Blume) Kuntze; Macaranga chatiniana (Baill.) Müll.Arg.; Macaranga denticulata var. pustulata (King ex Hook.f.) Chakrab. & M.Gangop.; Macaranga gmelinifolia King ex Hook.f.; Macaranga gummiflua (Miq.) Müll.Arg.; Macaranga henricorum Hemsl.; Macaranga perakensis Hook.f.; Macaranga pustulata King ex Hook.f.; Mappa chatiniana Baill.; Mappa gummiflua Miq.; Mappa truncata Müll.Arg.; Mappa wallichii Müll.Arg.; Rottlera glauca Hassk.; Tanarius chatinianus (Baill.) Kuntze; Tanarius gmelinifolius (King ex Hook.f.) Kuntze; Tanarius paniculatus Kuntze; Tanarius perakensis (Hook.f.) Kuntze; Tanarius pustulatus (King ex Hook.f.) Kuntze
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Macaranga denticulata (Blume) Müll.Arg.
  • Common name : Blistery Macaranga
  • Vernacular name :
    • Lakoi (Manipuri)
    • Hnahkharpa (Mizo)
  • Habit : Shrub or tree
  • Habitat : Warm broad-leaved forest; 1450 - 2130 m. altitude
  • Comments / notes : Occasional in valleys
  • Key identification features : Medium sized trees or shrubs, 5-10m high; younger parts rusty brown; Leaves peltate, ovate or deltoid-ovate with many minute orbicular glands beneath; Flowers in axillary panicles, yellow; male flowers in fascicles; female solitary; Capsules didymous, glandular, blackish.
  • Flower, Fruit : March- October
  • Distribution :
    • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Kameng, Lohit, Siang, Subansiri, Tirap
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman Islands
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Tibet
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Tibet
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 216
    • GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 1: Part 2. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 805
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 377
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Macaranga denticulata. Downloaded on 7 October 2024.

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