Mallotus resinosus (Blanco) Merr.

 
  • Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
    (Spurge Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : AMLA FAMILY (आँवला फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Euphorbiaceae
  • Basionym : Adelia resinosa Blanco
  • Synonym(s) : Mallotus intermedius (Baill.) N.P.Balakr.; Mallotus subramanyamii J.L.Ellis; Mallotus muricatus (Wight) Müll.Arg.; Mallotus resinosus var. muricatus (Wight) N.P.Balakr. & Chakr.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Mallotus resinosus (Blanco) Merr.
  • Vernacular name :
    • Kattupulasai, Karuvalichi (Tamil)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests
  • Comments / notes : Common as undergrowth in deciduous to evergreen forests.
  • Key identification features : Young branchlets compressed. Capsule with many regular spines. Leaves sparsely yellow-glandular beneath.
  • Flower, Fruit : December-October
  • Collection Nos : KFP 8412, CJS 11244, CJS 14204
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Hassan district, Mysuru district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Uttara Kannada district
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Maharashtra : Raigad district
    • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Kanyakumari district, Madurai district, The Nilgiri district, Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tirunelveli district
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  • Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Borneo, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Australia, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Borneo, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Australia, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka
    • Saldanha, C. J. 1996. Flora of Karnataka vol. 2
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state
    • Parthsarathy, N & Pragasan , A L 2009. Check List 5(3): 542-569
    • Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1987). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 2
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Mallotus resinosus. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.

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