Eriolaena quinquelocularis (Wight & Arn.) Wight , Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 3: t. 822 1844. (syn. Microchlaena flavescens Garcke ex Mast. (Unresolved); Microchlaena quinquelocularis Wight & Arn.; Wallichia quinquclocularis Steud. (Unresolved); Wallichia quinquelocularis (Wight & Arn.) Steud.);
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India: Bihar, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala as per BSI Flora of India;
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Bothi • Marathi: बोथी Bothi, • Tamil: Malamtutti, Vattanunnu • Malayalam: Vetinar • Kannada: Kondigida, Gomajjige, Kattale • Konkani: Bujaridamu • Assamese: Bhawa;
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The tribes in Nashik district regard bothi as very auspicious. They tie twigs of bothi to their doors to keep out evil spirits!
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Eriolaena quinquelocularis
Mahabaleshwar .
Please help me to identify this tree found in Sathyamangalam RF. The location was quite an evergreen patch.
Date: 26 Dec 2011 Alt: c. 1000 metres Height: c. 5 m Leaves: c. 10 x 10cm Inflorescence possibly a raceme; buds 3cm long Eriolaena sp., I suppose. ya! i too think this is eriolaena quinquelocularis family malvaceae The specimen of this (if Eriolaena quinquelocularis) had been collected in Mudumalai wls, TN; http://tropicos.org/Name/30401752?tab=specimens pterospermum acerifolium : Attachments (3). 4 posts by 3 authors. Eriolaena sp. I think, Yes, I agree with … It is E. quinquelocularis.
This was photograhed on the way to Kalsubai.
Local name: Bothi
Bot. name: Eriolaena quinquelocularis
family: sterculiaceae.
Its a small tree around 3 m tall.
Bot. name: Eriolaena quinquelocularis . For me the ID is correct. I have seen this tree near Chickmagalur Karnataka & also in Tamil Nadu.
It is called Kondigida in kannada.
To me also appears close to images at Eriolaena quinquelocularis
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