✿Sterculiaceae · Eriolaena
Bothi / Five-Celled Salmonwood
Eriolaena quinquelocularis
Shrub
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- May-February
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Eriolaena quinquelocularis
- Genus
- Eriolaena
- Family
- Sterculiaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Grasslands
- Habitat type
- Grassland
- Distribution
- India
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- May-February
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Elliptic (widest at middle)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Bothi itself; the rest are typical of the Sterculiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- White/creamrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Panicle
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Bothi itself; the rest are typical of the Sterculiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Tamil
- Malamtutti, Vattanunnu
- Kannada
- Kondigida, Gomajjige, Kattale
- Malayalam
- Vetinar, വെടിനാർ, Eriolaena quinquelocularis
- Marathi
- बोथी Bothi
About Bothi
Five-Celled Salmonwood (Eriolaena quinquelocularis) is a shrub in the Sterculiaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. It grows in grasslands. Flowering and fruiting run from May to February.
Botanical family
Sterculiaceae
Cacao/Cola family
Bothi belongs to the Sterculiaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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