- 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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