Indo-China Alder
Aporosa octandra
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Assam, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Sikkim & more
- Flowering
- February-July
How to identify Indo-China Alder
Identify Indo-China Alder 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: Toothed.
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: Green.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: February-July.
- In India, compare location records such as Assam, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Sikkim, Madhya Pradesh and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Euphorbiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Indo-China Alder.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Aporosa octandra
- Genus
- Aporosa
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Evergreen forests and mixed forest; near streams
- Distribution
- India, Bangladesh, Myanmar
- Found in India
- Assam, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Sikkim, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Odisha
- Flowering & fruiting
- February-July
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf margin
- ToothedrecordedA saw-like or jagged edge (serrate or dentate).“The leaves are narrow, ovate to elliptic in shape, some 5-23.5 by 2-8 cm in size, base is rounded to cuneate, obtuse in shape, the margins are lowly undulate to lowly glandular-cre” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Indo-China Alder 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 Indo-China Alder itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Indo-China Alder
A member of the Euphorbiaceae family, Indo-China Alder (Aporosa octandra) is a tree. In India it has been recorded in Assam, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Sikkim and 6 other states. It grows in evergreen forests and mixed forest; near streams. Flowering and fruiting run from February to July.
Uses
Locally it is grown for parts that are eaten, long used in traditional medicine and cut for timber and furniture. Those medicinal uses are traditional attributions, not medical advice.
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Indo-China Alder belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
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