Puttali / White Catamaran Tree
Givotia moluccana
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- March-July
How to identify Puttali
Identify Puttali 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: Lobed (edge divided into sections).
- Confirm leaf surface: Tomentose (woolly, matted hairs).
- Confirm flower colour: Green.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: March-July.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Karnataka, Maharashtra and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Euphorbiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Puttali.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Givotia moluccana
- Genus
- Givotia
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Dry deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Kerala
- Flowering & fruiting
- March-July
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf margin
- Lobed (edge divided into sections)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Tomentose (woolly, matted hairs)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Puttali itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- GreenrecordedGreen or greenish
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Puttali itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Tamil
- பூத்தாளி puttali, வெண்டாளி ventali
- Kannada
- ಬೆಟ್ಟ ತವರೆ betta thavare
- Malayalam
- കൊട്ടതണുക്ക് kottathanukk
- Marathi
- अकरोट akrot
About Puttali
White Catamaran Tree (Givotia moluccana) is a tree in the Euphorbiaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Karnataka and 5 other states. It grows in dry deciduous forests, also in the plains. Flowering and fruiting run from March to July.
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Puttali belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
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