Aporosa octandra (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Vickery

 
  • Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
    (Spurge Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : AMLA FAMILY (आँवला फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System IV) : Phyllanthaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Alnus dioica Roxb.; Alnus integrifolia Roxb. ex Steud.; Aporosa clellandii Hook.f.; Aporosa dioica (Roxb.) Müll.Arg.; Aporosa frutescens Benth.; Aporosa glabrifolia Kurz; Aporosa oblonga Müll.Arg.; Aporosa obovata Pax & K.Hoffm.; Aporosa roxburghii (Wall. ex Lindl.) Baill.; Aporosa villosula Kurz; Aporosa wallichii var. ambigua Airy Shaw; Leiocarpus serratus Hassk.; Leiocarpus tinctorius Blume ex Pax & K.Hoffm.; Lepidostachys oblonga Wall.; Lepidostachys roxburghii Wall. ex Lindl.; Scepa stipulacea Lindl.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Aporosa octandra (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Vickery
  • Vernacular name :
    • Mossu, Tabo (Oria)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests, mixed forest; near streams
  • Key identification features : Small trees, 6-12 m high with lax crown; Leaves elliptic-Ianceolate to oblong-Ianceolate; Male flowers in axillary catkin; female flowers in axillary spikes or fascicles; Capsules ellipsoid, yellow.
  • Flower, Fruit : November-July
  • Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh, Raja K. Swamy, Navendu Page; K. Sankara Rao, Raja K. Swamy, Arun Singh, Navendu Page
  • Collection Date : 27-02-2016, 24-02-2016
  • Collection Nos : HJCB-0533 (Female); HJCB-0492 (Male)
  • Collection Locality : Barbera forest, Khurda district (OD); Chandaka WLS, Khurda district (OD)
  • Distribution :
    • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Puri district, Nayagarh district, Khordha district
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Tirap
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : North and Middle Andaman,South Andaman,Long Island, Jirkatang
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : India, Bangladesh, Myanmar
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
    • H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissal Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 237
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 363
  • Read more :
  • Permalink : https://indiatrees-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Aporosa octandra
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Trees and Vegetation Types. Aporosa octandra. Downloaded on 3 October 2026.

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