Malampayin / Oblong-Leaf Boxwood
Drypetes oblongifolia
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Malampayin
Identify Malampayin 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: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Karnataka.
- Confirm it sits within the Euphorbiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Malampayin.
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
- Leaf margin
- Toothed (serrate/dentate edge)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Malampayin 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 Malampayin itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- Malampayin, മലംപൈൻ
About Malampayin
Oblong-Leaf Boxwood (Drypetes oblongifolia) is a tree in the Euphorbiaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. It grows in evergreen forests. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Malampayin belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
Explore the Euphorbiaceae familySnap it. Know it.
Point your camera at Malampayin or any plant and SASYA identifies it instantly — on-device, offline, and private.
Common plant problems
If you are starting from symptoms instead of a diagnosis, use the plant disease symptom checker to narrow the cause before treating.
All plant problem & care guides