How to identify Malamvetti
Identify Malamvetti by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub habit.
- Confirm leaf margin: Entire (smooth edge).
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: Green.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: March-April.
- Confirm it sits within the Euphorbiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Malamvetti.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Aporosa bourdillonii
- Genus
- Aporosa
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Evergreen, semi-Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India
- Flowering & fruiting
- March-April
- Conservation status
- Data Deficient (DD)
Leaf characters
- Leaf margin
- Entire (smooth edge)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Malamvetti itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- GreenrecordedGreen or greenish
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Malamvetti itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- Malamvetti, മലംവെട്ടി
About Malamvetti
Aporosa bourdillonii belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family, where it grows as a shrub. It grows in evergreen, semi-Evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from March to April.
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Malamvetti belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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