About Deccan Cheese Tree
Glochidion hohenackeri var. johnstonei is a variety of flowering plant in the family Phyllanthaceae. It is a tree or shrub endemic to southwestern India. It was first described as Glochidion johnstonei by Joseph Dalton Hooker in 1887. In 1995 it was made a variety of Glochidion hohenackeri.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Glochidion hohenackeri var. johnstonei
- Genus
- Glochidion
- Family
- EUPHORBIACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Evergreen forests
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India
- Flowering & fruiting
- November-April
- Conservation status
- Vulnerable (VU)
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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