About Nilgiri Actephila
Actephila excelsa is a species of shrub in the family Phyllanthaceae. It is native to an area in Tropical Asia and Zhōngguó/China, from Sulawesi to India and Guangxi. It is a highly variable species and leaf forms vary across adjacent ecozones. The plant is used in building houses and as a vegetable. Grey-shanked douc langurs eat the leaves.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Actephila excelsa
- Genus
- Actephila
- Family
- EUPHORBIACEAE
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Flowering & fruiting
- April-May
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Botanical family
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Nilgiri Actephila belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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