Phatarpodi / Climbing Bridelia
Bridelia stipularis
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- May-March
How to identify Phatarpodi
Identify Phatarpodi 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: May-March.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Assam and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Euphorbiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Phatarpodi.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Bridelia stipularis
- Genus
- Bridelia
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Semi-Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Malesia, Tropical Africa
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Sikkim, Kerala, West Bengal, Meghalaya, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Telangana, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- May-March
- 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 Phatarpodi 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 Phatarpodi itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Bengali
- Harinhara, পাটখই
- Telugu
- chiri aannem, chiriannem, dankibura
- Kannada
- ಅಕ್ಷತೆಬಳ್ಳಿ akshathe balli, ಬಿಸಿಲಬಳ್ಳಿ bisila balli, ಅಕ್ಷತೆ ಬಳ್ಳಿ, ಬಿಸಿಲ ಬಳ್ಳಿ
- Malayalam
- chalaru, kain, ചെറുപനച്ചി
- Marathi
- phatarpodi, ran-phatarphad, पाथरफोडी
About Phatarpodi
Climbing Bridelia (Bridelia stipularis) is a tree in the Euphorbiaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and 15 other states. It grows in semi-Evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from May to March.
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Phatarpodi belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
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