Bridelia tomentosa Blume

 
  • Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
    (Spurge Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : AMLA FAMILY (आँवला फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System IV) : Phyllanthaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Amanoa tomentosa Baill.; Bridelia glabrifolia Merr.; Bridelia lancifolia Roxb.; Bridelia nayarii P.Basu; Bridelia phyllanthoides W.Fitzg.; Bridelia rhamnoides Griff.; Bridelia tomentosa var. eriantha Airy Shaw; Bridelia tomentosa var. glabrifolia (Merr.) Airy Shaw; Bridelia tomentosa var. nayarii (P.Basu) Chakrab., M.Gangop. & N.P.Balakr.; Bridelia urticoides Griff.; Phyllanthus loureiroi Müll.Arg.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Bridelia tomentosa Blume
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Tropical deciduous forests, Tropical evergrenn forests
  • Key identification features : Large tree with black slender branchlets. Leaves are glacous, pubescent beneath. Drupe globose, black.
  • Flower, Fruit : March-May
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Palkonda hills (Visakhapatnam district, Annavaram (East Godavari district)
    • Karnataka : Bengaluru Urban district, Bengaluru Rural district
    • Odisha : Ganjam district, Khordha district, Dhenkanal district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, Hainan, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Neginhal, S.G. 2011. Forest trees of the Western Ghats includes Eastern Ghats Deccan Plateau
    • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 234
    • K.Ravikumar, A.C.Tangavelou, & Navendu Page. (2021). Seed plants of Karnataka, India: A concise dictionary. FRLHT-TDU, National Biodiversity Authority (NBA), Chennai.
  • Read more :
  • Permalink : https://indiatrees-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Bridelia tomentosa
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Trees and Vegetation Types. Bridelia tomentosa. Downloaded on 3 October 2026.

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