About Toxic Gooseberry
Cleistanthus collinus is a plant species first described by Roxburgh, with its current name after Bentham and Hooker; it is included in the family Phyllanthaceae. The IUCN categorizes this species as vulnerable. No subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Cleistanthus collinus
- Genus
- Cleistanthus
- Family
- EUPHORBIACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Deciduous forests
- Native to
- India, Sri Lanka
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Flowering & fruiting
- June-February
- Conservation status
- Vulnerable (VU)
Local Names
- Hindi
- गराड़ी Garari, गर्राड़ Garrar
- Tamil
- ஒடுவங்காய் Otuvankaay, Nilaippalai, Odaichi
- Telugu
- Kadise, Korshe, Korsi
- Kannada
- Badedarige, ಬೋಳದರಗ Boladaraga, Bodadaraga
- Malayalam
- Nilappala, Odugu, ഒടുക്ക്
- Marathi
- Garari, गराड़ी
Botanical family
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Toxic Gooseberry belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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