Macaranga peltata (Roxb.) Müll.Arg.

 
  • Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
    (Spurge Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : AMLA FAMILY (आँवला फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Euphorbiaceae
  • Basionym : Osyris peltata Roxb.
  • Synonym(s) : Macaranga flexuosa Wight; Mappa peltata (Roxb.) Wight; Macaranga roxburghii Wight; Macaranga tomentosa Wight.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Macaranga peltata (Roxb.) Müll.Arg.
  • Common name : Indian Lotus Croton
  • Vernacular name :
    • Uppalingana mara (Kannada)
    • Poondiamaram, Vattathamarai (Tamil)
    • Boddi, Konda tamara (Telugu)
    • Podini, Thodukanni, Uppila, Uppothy, Vatta, Vattakanni (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Tropical moist deciduous forests, secondary forests and in plains
  • Comments / notes : Often on hills to 800m, on slopes.
  • Flower, Fruit : February-November
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, Srikakulam district, Kurnool district, West Godavari district
    • Karnataka : Dakshina Kannada district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district, Belagavi district, Chikkamagaluru district, Davanagare district, Hassan district, Shivamogga district
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Maharashtra : All disricts of Maharashtra
    • Odisha : Ganjam district, Mayurbhanj district, Puri district, Angul district
    • Tamil Nadu : Namakkal district, Salem district, Theni district, Tirunelveli district
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Tirap
  • Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nicobar Islands, Sri Lanka, Thailand
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nicobar Islands, Sri Lanka, Thailand
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
    • R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
    • H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
    • 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 & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan District
    • ecil J. Saldanha, S. R. Ramesh (1984). Flora of Karnatka State vol. 1. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi
    • Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere
    • 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 peltata. Downloaded on 4 October 2024.

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