Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Euphorbiaceae | Genus: Macaranga | Species: Macaranga denticulata (Blume) Mull.Arg. |
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Flower |
Fruit |
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| Synonym | Macaranga pustulata, Mappa wallichii, Tanarius denticulatus | Flower Color | Greenish |
| Common Name | Lakoi | Flower Type | Panicle |
| English / Trade Name | Blistery Macaranga | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Lakoi | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | Up to 1500 m | Fruit Type | Capsule |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit up to 0.8 cm long, splitting into 2 sections, with sticky yellow powder from glandular scales outside |
| Habitat | Occurs in natural gaps of evergreen forest | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | India, China,Indonesia, Malay Peninsula, Thailand, Laos | Bark Details | Bark pale grey, smooth with U-shaped ridges |
| Distribution in manipur | Eastern | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Ovate | ||
| Description of Species | Small trees 3-15 m tall, branchlets ferruginous or yellowish brown tomentose when young; branches glabrous, sometimes glaucous | Leaf Details | leaf blade deltoid-ovate or broadly ovate, 12-30 × 11-28 cm, thinly leathery or thickly papery, abaxially pubescent, densely glandular scaly, adaxially glabrescent |
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