Macaranga indica Wight

 
  • Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
    (Spurge Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : AMLA FAMILY (आँवला फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Euphorbiaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Macaranga indica Wight
  • Vernacular name :
    • Vattakanni (Tamil)
    • Malavetta, Puthatamara, Uppotti, Vatta, Vattakkanni (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Comments / notes : Often on hills above 1000m in semi-evergreen to sholas.
  • Flower, Fruit : February-December (EG)
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Shivamogga district, Uttara Kannada district, Hassan district
    • Kerala : Palakkad district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district
    • Tamil Nadu : Common throughout Tamil Nadu
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Islands, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Islands, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Parthsarathy, N & Pragasan , A L 2009. Check List 5(3):542-569
    • 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
    • Saldanha, C. J. (1996). Flora of Karnataka vol. 2. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi
    • Gowda, 2004 - Sringeri
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 376-377
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Macaranga indica. Downloaded on 14 October 2024.

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