Malampayin / Oblong-Leaf Boxwood
Drypetes oblongifolia
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Drypetes oblongifolia
- Genus
- Drypetes
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- Indo-Malesia
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Vulnerable (VU)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
- Margin
- Variable
Typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
Typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- Malampayin, മലംപൈൻ
About Malampayin
Oblong-Leaf Boxwood (Drypetes oblongifolia) is a tree belonging to the Euphorbiaceae family (Spurge/Euphorbia family). Members of this family are generally characterised by alternate/opposite simple/compound leaves, cyathium/raceme/spike flower clusters, capsule (regma) fruit. It is typically found in evergreen forests. Native to India, it is distributed across Indo-Malesia. It flowers and fruits through much of the year. Its conservation status has been assessed as Vulnerable (VU).
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Malampayin belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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