About Drypetes venusta
Drypetes venusta is an evergreen tree species endemic to the Western Ghats, India. They are large trees with smooth, straight, and white trunk and horizontal branches. It can reach a height up to 35 m, and a girth up to 3 m.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Drypetes venusta
- Genus
- Drypetes
- Family
- EUPHORBIACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India
- Flowering & fruiting
- January-May
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Malayalam
- Palkani, അസ്ഥിമരം
Botanical family
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Drypetes venusta belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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