Ellooti / Rusty Kanak Champa
Pterospermum rubiginosum
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala
- Flowering
- November-April
How to identify Ellooti
Identify Ellooti 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.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Rusty-brown hairy leaf underside.
- Confirm leaf shape: Lanceolate (long, narrow, tapering to a point).
- Confirm flower colour: White/cream.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: November-April.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala.
- Confirm it sits within the Sterculiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Ellooti.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Pterospermum rubiginosum
- Genus
- Pterospermum
- Family
- Sterculiaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala
- Flowering & fruiting
- November-April
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Lanceolate (long, narrow, tapering to a point)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Ellooti itself; the rest are typical of the Sterculiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- White/creamrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Panicle
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Ellooti itself; the rest are typical of the Sterculiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- Ellooti, Malamthodali, Malamthodali, Chittilaplavu
About Ellooti
A member of the Sterculiaceae family, Rusty Kanak Champa (Pterospermum rubiginosum) is a tree. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala. It grows in evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from November to April.
Sterculiaceae
Cacao/Cola family
Ellooti belongs to the Sterculiaceae family.
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