Mallotus tetracoccus (Roxb.) Kurz

 
  • Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
    (Spurge Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : AMLA FAMILY (आँवला फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Euphorbiaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Rottlera ferruginea Roxb.; Mallotus ferrugineus (Roxb.) Müll.Arg.; Mallotus albus var. occidentalis Hook.f.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Mallotus tetracoccus (Roxb.) Kurz
  • Vernacular name :
    • Mullupolavu (Tamil)
    • Adukanni, Perakela, Porivatta, Pottamaram, Vattakumbil, Thavittuvatta (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests, Tropical semi-evergreen forests, shola, also in the plains
  • Comments / notes : Occasional on hill slopes above 1200m in sholas
  • Flower, Fruit : June-April
  • Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy, Noel Sebastian
  • Collection Date : 26-11-2018
  • Collection Nos : HJCB-1859
  • Collection Locality : Adimali, Idukki district, Kerala
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Chamarajanagar district, Chikkamagaluru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Uttara Kannada district
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Tamil Nadu : Alagar Hills (Madurai district), Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Shevaroy Hills, Kalrayan Hills, Bodamalai Hills (Salem district), Pachamalai Hills (Tiruchirapalli district), Chitteri Hills, Yelagiri Hills (Vellore district), Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district), Piranmalai Hills (Sivaganga district), Theerthamalai Hills, Dharmapuri Hills (Dharmapuri district), Gingee Hill (Villipuram district), Javadu Hills (Tiruvannamalai district)
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Kameng, Lohit, Subansiri, Tirap
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, China, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tibet
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, China, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tibet
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka
    • Saldanha, C. J. 1996. Flora of Karnataka vol. 2
    • Balakrishna Gowda & A.N. Sringesh 2004 – Sringeri (checklist unpublished)
    • Gamble, 1925. Fl. Pres. Madr. vol. 2. pp.1321
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Herbarium specimen from Adimali, Idukki district, Kerala
    • 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=Mallotus tetracoccus. Downloaded on 4 October 2024.

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