Hanake / Umbrella Cheese Tree
Glochidion zeylanicum
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- February-October
How to identify Hanake
Identify Hanake 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: Entire (smooth edge).
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: Green.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: February-October.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Assam and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Euphorbiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Hanake.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Glochidion zeylanicum
- Genus
- Glochidion
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests, also in the plains
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Malay Peninsula
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Kerala, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- February-October
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf margin
- Entire (smooth edge)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Hanake 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 Hanake itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Tamil
- கும்பலம் Kumbalam, கும்பலா Kumpala
- Kannada
- ಹನಕೆ Hanake, ನೀರುಪಲ್ಲೆ Neerupalle, ನೀರುಸಲ್ಲೆ Neerusalle
- Malayalam
- Pannimutti, Neervetti
About Hanake
A member of the Euphorbiaceae family, Umbrella Cheese Tree (Glochidion zeylanicum) is a tree. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and 6 other states. It grows in evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests, also in the plains. Flowering and fruiting run from February to October.
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Hanake belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
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