Antidesma puncticulatum Miq.

 
  • Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
    (Spurge Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : AMLA FAMILY (आँवला फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System IV) : Phyllanthaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Antidesma bunius var. thwaitesianum (Müll.Arg.) Trimen; Antidesma thwaitesianum Müll.Arg.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Antidesma puncticulatum Miq.
  • Habit : Tree
  • Key identification features : Shrub or small tree; Branchlets rather stout, young parts somwhat villous with silky, rusty-golden hairs; Stipules small, lanceolate, about half as long as petiole, rigid, wavy-wrinkled, surface initially hairy, soon becomes glabrous, deciduous; Leaves lanceolate, 9–14 cm long × 3–4 cm wide, apex long-acuminate, base shortly pointed, surface of young leaves slightly hairy, mature leaves mostly glabrous except near the base, texture leathery-membranous, somewhat shiny, petiole about 7mm long; Inflorescence spike (male), about 3-4 times shorter than the leaves, usually clustered in leaf axils, slender, flexuous, loosely flowered; Bracts small, obovate; Calyx very small, closely sessile, broader than long, divided nearly to the middle into 3-4 lobes, lobes broad, very shortly pointed, disc covered with rusty-coloured hairs.
  • Distribution :
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  • Native : Andaman Islands, Borneo, Cambodia, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Sri Lanka, Indo-China to SW. Philippines
  • Literature :
    • Dash, S. S., & Mao, A. A. (Eds.). (2018). Flowering Plants of India: An Annotated Checklist-Dicotyledons Volume II. Director, Botanical Survey of India.
  • Read more :
  • Permalink : https://indiatrees-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Antidesma puncticulatum
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Trees and Vegetation Types. Antidesma puncticulatum. Downloaded on 3 October 2026.

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