Sarali / Deccan Aporosa
Aporosa lindleyana
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Kerala
- Flowering
- December-June
How to identify Sarali
Identify Sarali by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a tree habit.
- Confirm leaf margin: Entire (smooth edge).
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: Green.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: December-June.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Kerala.
- Confirm it sits within the Euphorbiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Sarali.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Aporosa lindleyana
- Genus
- Aporosa
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Semi-evergreen and Evergreen forests, also in the plains
- Native to
- India, Sri Lanka
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Kerala
- Flowering & fruiting
- December-June
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
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 Sarali 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 Sarali itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Kannada
- ಸಳ್ಳೆ, Salle mara, Sali, ಸರಳಿ Sarali, Sulla
- Malayalam
- Kodali, Kotili, Ponvetti, Vetti, Vittil
- Tamil
- Kodali, Vettikan, Vettil, Vittil, Vitti
About Sarali
A member of the Euphorbiaceae family, Deccan Aporosa (Aporosa lindleyana) is a tree. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka and Kerala. It grows in semi-evergreen and Evergreen forests, also in the plains. Flowering and fruiting run from December to June.
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Sarali belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
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