Bothi / Five-Celled Salmonwood
Eriolaena quinquelocularis
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- May-February
How to identify Bothi
Identify Bothi by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Five-celled seed capsule.
- Confirm leaf shape: Elliptic (widest at middle).
- Confirm flower colour: White/cream.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: May-February.
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu.
- Confirm it sits within the Sterculiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Bothi.
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.
Sterculiaceae
Cacao/Cola family
Bothi belongs to the Sterculiaceae family.
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