Bischofia javanica Blume
synonym | Andrachne apetala Roxb. ex Benth., nom. nud. |
synonym | Andrachne trifoliata Roxb. |
synonym | Bischofia cummingiana Decne. |
synonym | Bischofia javanica var. genuina Müll.Arg., nom. inval. |
synonym | Bischofia javanica var. lanceolata Müll.Arg. |
synonym | Bischofia javanica var. oblongifolia (Decne.) Müll.Arg. |
synonym | Bischofia javanica var. toui (Decne.) Müll.Arg. |
synonym | Bischofia leptopoda Müll.Arg. |
synonym | Bischofia oblongifolia Decne. |
synonym | Bischofia roeperiana Decne. |
synonym | Bischofia toui Decne. |
synonym | Bischofia trifoliata (Roxb.) Hook. |
synonym | Microelus roeperianus (Decne.) Wight & Arn. |
synonym | Phyllanthus gymnanthus Baill. |
synonym | Stylodiscus trifoliatus (Roxb.) Benn. |
Assamese |
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Kannada |
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Karbi |
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Malayalam |
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Mishing |
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Other |
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Tamil |
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bodo |
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Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Growth Form
Field Tips
Bark rough, fibrous and brown. Wood black. Prominent dark green foliage.
Flower
In axillary panicles. Flowering from February-March.
Fruit
A drupe, succulent, globose, on an elongated stalk; endocarp two valved, green turning brown. Seeds 2, oblong, trigonous. Fruiting from March-May.
Leaf Apices
Acuminate
Leaf arrangement
Alternate distichous
Leaf Bases
Rounded
Leaf Margins
Serrate
Leaf Shapes
Elliptic
Leaf Types
Trifoliate
Habit
A large deciduous tree.
Attributions | Keystone Foundation |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Attributions | Keystone Foundation |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Attributions | Keystone Foundation |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Global Distribution
India: Andaman & Nicobar Island, Assam, Tamil Nadu; Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Australia, Pacific Islands
Local Distribution
Throughout Assam
Global Distribution
Indo-Malesia to Pacific Islands
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Palakkad, Idukki, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wayanad, Kozhikkode
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
System of Medicines Used In
System Of Medicines Used In
Folk medicine, Siddha, Traditional chinese medicine
Attributions | FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2426 |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2426
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
- Bischofia javanica Blume, Bijdr. 1169. 1826; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 345. 1887; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1312c. 1925; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 359. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 246. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 410. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 422. 1990; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 348. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 22. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 395. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 281. 1997; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 48. 1998; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 607. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 365. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 279. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 283. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 599. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 438. 2005; N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Fam. Euphorbiaceae India 315. 2007; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 723. 2009.
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2426
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
- Bischofia javanica Blume, Bijdr. 1169. 1826; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 345. 1887; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1312c. 1925; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 359. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 246. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 410. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 422. 1990; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 348. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 22. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 395. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 281. 1997; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 48. 1998; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 607. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 365. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 279. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 283. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 599. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 438. 2005; N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Fam. Euphorbiaceae India 315. 2007; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 723. 2009.
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Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Equisetopsida C. Agardh |
Order | Malpighiales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl |
Family | Phyllanthaceae |
Genus | Bischofia |
Species | Bischofia javanica Blume |