Margaritaria indica (Dalzell) Airy Shaw

 
  • Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
    (Spurge Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : AMLA FAMILY (आँवला फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Phyllanthaceae
  • Basionym : Prosorus indicus Dalzell
  • Synonym(s) : Phyllanthus indicus (Dalzell) Müll.Arg.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Margaritaria indica (Dalzell) Airy Shaw
  • Vernacular name :
    • Hennu nanne, Kaali kudari (Kannada)
    • Mala-eachil (Malayalam).
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Tropical semi-evergreen forests
  • Comments / notes : Rare
  • Flower, Fruit : April-August
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district
    • Karnataka : Belagavi district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district
    • Kerala : Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district
    • Odisha : Higher hills of Odisha
    • Tamil Nadu : Kalrayan Hills (Salem district), Pachamalai Hills (Tiruchirapalli district)
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Formosa, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Queensland
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
    • 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
    • Cecil J. Saldanha (1996). Flora of Karnatka State vol. 2. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Coorg
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Margaritaria indica. Downloaded on 7 October 2024.

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