Climbing Kaamla
Mallotus beddomei
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Kerala
- Flowering
- October-April
How to identify Climbing Kaamla
Identify Climbing Kaamla by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub habit.
- Confirm leaf margin: Entire (smooth edge).
- Confirm leaf surface: Tomentose (woolly, matted hairs).
- Confirm flower colour: Green.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: October-April.
- In India, compare location records such as Kerala.
- Confirm it sits within the Euphorbiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Climbing Kaamla.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Mallotus beddomei
- Genus
- Mallotus
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India
- Found in India
- Kerala
- Flowering & fruiting
- October-April
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
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 Climbing Kaamla 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 Climbing Kaamla itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Climbing Kaamla
Climbing Kaamla (Mallotus beddomei) is a shrub in the Euphorbiaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Kerala. It grows in evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from October to April.
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Climbing Kaamla belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
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