✿Euphorbiaceae · Glochidion
Glochidion tomentosum
Tree
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Kerala
- Flowering
- July-December
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Glochidion tomentosum
- Genus
- Glochidion
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- On the hill forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Hongkong
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Kerala
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-December
- Conservation status
- Vulnerable (VU)
Leaf characters
- Leaf margin
- Entire (smooth edge)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Tomentose (woolly, matted hairs)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Glochidion tomentosum 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 Glochidion tomentosum itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- നെല്ലിക്കപ്പുളി
About Glochidion tomentosum
A member of the Euphorbiaceae family, Glochidion tomentosum is a tree. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka and Kerala. It grows in on the hill forests. Flowering and fruiting run from July to December.
Botanical family
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Glochidion tomentosum belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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