Deccan Cheese Tree
Glochidion hohenackeri
Tree Key identification features : Bark dark-brown, thin, exfoliating in large flakes. Male flowers monsterous consisting of thick turbinate body. Flowers greenish-yellow, female flowers sessile
About Deccan Cheese Tree
Glochidion hohenacheri is a species of flowering plant in the family Phyllanthaceae. It is a tree or shrub native to southern India. Two varieties are accepted: Glochidion hohenackeri var. hohenackeri Glochidion hohenackeri var. johnstonei (Hook.f.) Chakrab. & M.Gangop. – southwestern India
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Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Glochidion hohenackeri
- Genus
- Glochidion
- Family
- EUPHORBIACEAE
- Habit
- Tree Key identification features : Bark dark-brown, thin, exfoliating in large flakes. Male flowers monsterous consisting of thick turbinate body. Flowers greenish-yellow, female flowers sessile
- Native to
- India
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Kannada
- Baanaavara, Kaadu kappi, Neeranjini
- Malayalam
- Neerchlli, Nirchalli, Gruyan
- Marathi
- Bhoma
Botanical family
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Deccan Cheese Tree belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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