Drypetes confertiflora
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- February-May
How to identify Drypetes confertiflora
Identify Drypetes confertiflora 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 (serrate/dentate edge).
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: February-May.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Tamil Nadu.
- Confirm it sits within the Euphorbiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Drypetes confertiflora.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Drypetes confertiflora
- Genus
- Drypetes
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- February-May
- Conservation status
- Vulnerable (VU)
Leaf characters
- Leaf margin
- Toothed (serrate/dentate edge)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Drypetes confertiflora itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Drypetes confertiflora itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- കടുവാപിടുക്കൻ, Drypetes confertiflora
About Drypetes confertiflora
A member of the Euphorbiaceae family, Drypetes confertiflora is a tree. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. It grows in evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from February to May.
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Drypetes confertiflora belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
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