{"id":1289838,"date":"2012-10-18T09:34:21","date_gmt":"2012-10-18T09:34:21","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-24T18:42:46","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T13:12:46","slug":"margaritaria-indica","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/margaritaria-indica\/","title":{"rendered":"Margaritaria indica"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Margaritaria<\/i> indica<\/i> (Dalzell) Airy Shaw<\/span><\/a>, Kew Bull. 20: 387 1966<\/i>. (Syn: Diasperus<\/i> indicus<\/i> (Dalzell) Kuntze<\/span><\/a>; Phyllanthus<\/i> indicus<\/i> (Dalzell) M\u00fcll.Arg.<\/span><\/a>; Prosorus<\/i> indicus<\/i> Dalzell<\/span><\/a>;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bridelia<\/i> berryana<\/i> Wall.<\/span><\/a> [Invalid]; Calococcus<\/i> sundaicus<\/i> Kurz ex Teijsm. & Binn.<\/span><\/a>; Cicca<\/i> arborea<\/i> C.Wright ex Griseb.<\/span><\/a>; Diasperus<\/i> berryanus<\/i> Kuntze<\/span><\/a>; Diasperus<\/i> stocksii<\/i> (M\u00fcll.Arg.) Kuntze<\/span><\/a>; Diasperus<\/i> sundaicus<\/i> (Kurz ex Teijsm. & Binn.) Kuntze<\/span><\/a>; Phyllanthus<\/i> stocksii<\/i> M\u00fcll.Arg.<\/span><\/a>; Phyllanthus<\/i> sundaicus<\/i> (Kurz ex Teijsm. & Binn.) M\u00fcll.Arg.<\/span><\/a>);<\/div>\n
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Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to N. Queensland:<\/span> Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Borneo, China Southeast,<\/span> India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku,<\/span> Myanmar, New Guinea,<\/span> Nicobar Is., Philippines, Queensland,<\/span> Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam<\/span> as per POWO<\/a>;<\/div>\n
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Deciduous dioecious evergreen trees, to 25 m high;<\/span> bark reddish-brown, thin, smooth, pealing off in thin scales. Leaves simple, alternate, distichous; stipules lateral, 2.5-4.5 mm long, lanceolate, brownish-scarious; petiole 5-10 mm long, slender grooved above, glabrous; lamina 4-12 x 2.5-6 cm, elliptic, elliptic-ovate, elliptic-obovate or obovate, base unequal or acute, apex obtusely acuminate, margin entire, glabrous above and glaucous beneath, membranous; lateral nerves 6-10 pairs, pinnate, slender, prominent, intercostae reticulate, slender, faint. Flowers unisexual, green, axillary; male flowers : fascicled, many together, axillary; pedicels ca. 4-6 mm long; tepals 4, biseriate, outer ones ovate, 1-1.5 \u00d7 0.6-1 mm, inner ones obovate, 1.3-1.8 \u00d7 1-1.5 mm; disc adnate, smooth; stamens 4, free; filaments 0.7-1.5 mm long; anthers elliptic or oblong; female flowers solitary or few together; pedicels subterete, 8-21 mm long; tepals 4, biseriate, ovate to oblong, ca. 1.5-2 mm long; disc entire, adnate; ovary superior, 3-celled, ovules 2 in each cell; styles 3, free or basally connate, spreading, shortly bifid. Fruit a capsule, 8 mm across, depressed globose, irregularly dehiscent, 3-lobed; pericarp thin, membranous; seeds subtrigonus; arillate. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Semi-evergreen forests<\/span><\/div>\n
Indo-Malesia to Australia<\/span><\/div>\n
(Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi from<\/div>\n
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Alagarkoil 160713 TBN 1for id<\/a> : Attachments (4). 4 posts by 3 authors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Please identify this plant details of which are as follows:<\/div>\n
Date\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 :26.05.13<\/div>\n
Location\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 :Alagarkoil, Periaaruvi valley<\/span><\/div>\n
Altitude\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 :approx 800 to 1000ft<\/span><\/div>\n
Habitat\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 :wiid<\/span><\/div>\n
Habit\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 :tree<\/span><\/div>\n
Height\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0:20 t0 30 ft<\/span><\/div>\n
Leaves\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \ud83d\ude15 simple<\/div>\n
Flowers\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 :not seen
\nFruits\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 :seen<\/span> small berries with persistent calyx<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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please check\u00a0Margaritaria indica<\/i> of Euphorbiaceae<\/i><\/p>\n

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Euphorbiaceae fortnight : Margaritaria indica From Alagarkoil hills, Natham, Dindigul. TBN 2<\/a> :\u00a0\u00a0Attachments (4). 2 posts by 2 authors.
\nSending photos of Margaritaria indica, identified by … in my\u00a0\u00a0efloraofindia mail dated 17.07.13. This was recorded <\/span>at Periaaruvi valley of Alagarkoil hill ranges.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Margaritaria indica<\/i>, a widespread species.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nEuphorbiaceae fortnight: Margaritaria indica from Tungareshwar : Attachments (5). 3 posts by 3 authors.
\nhere is <\/span>Margaritaria indica<\/i> syn. <\/span>Phyllanthus indicus<\/i> from Tungareshwar WLS<\/span>. Pictures taken at different times – <\/span>Flowers in April<\/span> and Fruit in early monsoon.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Correct identification.<\/div>\n
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Euphorbiaceae Fortnight :: Tree for ID from Theni :: MK008<\/a> :\u00a0\u00a0Attachments (11).\u00a0\u00a05 posts by 3 authors.<\/div>\n
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Please help in identifying this tree species<\/span>. The green flowers are similar to Blachia<\/i> sp.<\/span><\/div>\n
Habitat: riparian<\/span><\/div>\n
Date: 02 Oct 2013<\/span><\/div>\n
Place: Vellimalai, Theni dist., TN
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Looks like Margaritaria indica<\/i><\/p>\n

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Margaritaria indica<\/i>.<\/p>\n

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More details about the plant in BIOTIK<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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ID KANNUR 01\/12<\/a> : 6 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2<\/span>)<\/span><\/div>\n
Please identify this shrub<\/span> from Kannur district of Kerala<\/span>. Flowering has just started. <\/span>Habitat is of rocky, dry, lateritic type. collected<\/span> on 26\/12\/19<\/span><\/div>\n
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Margaritaria indica<\/i>, Phyllathaceae<\/i>,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nYes, appears to be male flower buds of <\/span>Margaritaria indica<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0as per references herein.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Yes, quite possible. However, the plant is usually a tall tree.<\/p>\n

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yes. this appears to be Margaritaria indica<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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\nRegarding identification of the species collected from Dhenkanal Odisha March 2023<\/a>: 5 high res. images.<\/p>\n

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Margaritaria indica<\/em><\/p>\n

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Yes its bro; we have rarely in Andhra Pradesh.<\/span><\/p>\n

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POWO<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 <\/span> Catalogue of life<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 <\/span>WCSP<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 <\/span>The Plant List Ver. 1.1<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 <\/span>BIOTIK<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 <\/span>Fact sheet<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 <\/span>Flora of China<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 <\/span>FOC illustration<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 <\/span>India Biodiversity Portal<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 Flora of Eastern Ghats<\/a>\u00a0 GBIF<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Asian Plant<\/a>\u00a0 Flora of Peninsular India<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Margaritaria indica (Dalzell) Airy Shaw, Kew Bull. 20: 387 1966. (Syn: Diasperus indicus (Dalzell) Kuntze; Phyllanthus indicus (Dalzell) M\u00fcll.Arg.; Prosorus indicus Dalzell;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bridelia berryana Wall. [Invalid]; Calococcus sundaicus Kurz ex Teijsm. & Binn.; Cicca arborea C.Wright ex Griseb.; Diasperus berryanus Kuntze; Diasperus stocksii (M\u00fcll.Arg.) Kuntze; Diasperus sundaicus (Kurz ex Teijsm….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[6759],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1289838","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-margaritaria"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1289838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1289838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1289838\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1289838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1289838"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1289838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}