Givotia rottleriformis
Griff. [in Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 4: 88. 1844] ex Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind.
Orient. 5: 24, t. 1889. 1852; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 395. 1887; Radcl.-Sm. in Kew Bull. 22: 504.
1968. Croton moluccanus L., Sp. Pl. 1005. 1753, p. p. quoad spec. Hermann. Givotia moluccana
(L.) Sreem. in Taxon 24: 696. 1975; Govaerts et al., World Checkl. & Bibl. Euphorbiaceae 3: 937.
2000.
Kan.: Pubeer; Mar.: Polki; Tam.: Kottaithanakku, Thalamaram, Vendalai, Vellaipoothali;
Tel.: Tella-puliki.
Trees, 8 - 15 (- 20) m tall, deciduous, stellate-pubescent; branchlets marked with prominent leaf scars. Leaves broadly ovate to orbicular-deltoid, rounded or widely cordate at base, coarsely and irregularly toothed along margins, acute at apex, (3 - ) 8 - 18 (- 25) x (3 -) 6 - 15 (- 18) cm, minutely stellate pubescent above and stellate tomentose beneath, palmately 5-nerved at base; petioles 2 - 8 (- 12) cm long, sometimes with 2 black round glands at top and several about the middle; stipules up to 5 mm long. Inflorescences axillary or terminal paniculate cymes; bracts linear, up to 12 mm long. Male inflorescences 12 - 20 cm long, branched; flowers yellow; sepals oblong to obovate, cucullate, 4 - 6 mm long, densely stellate pubescent; petals campanulate, 5- lobed with cuneate and truncate lobes, longer than sepals; disc of 5 free orbicular glands; stamens 8 - 20, outer ones ca 6, with free filaments and inner ones ca 10, with filaments connate at base and exserted; filaments unequal, ca 5 mm long; anthers oblong, ca 1 mm long. Female inflorescences shorter and smaller than in male; sepals and petals as in male; ovary globose, stellate hairy; styles 2, forked from base. Drupes subglobose, ovoid or ellipsoid, 2 - 2.5 cm long, indehiscent, smooth, green, densely fulvous-tomentose.
Fl. March - Aug.; Fr. May - Sept.
Distrib. India: Dry deciduous and semideciduous forests of Central and Peninsular India, up to 1000 m. Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
Sri Lanka.
Uses. Wood used for making toys, decorative articles etc., and takes paint readily. Seeds yield valuable oil used for lubricating machinery.
Trees, 8 - 15 (- 20) m tall, deciduous, stellate-pubescent; branchlets marked with prominent leaf scars. Leaves broadly ovate to orbicular-deltoid, rounded or widely cordate at base, coarsely and irregularly toothed along margins, acute at apex, (3 - ) 8 - 18 (- 25) x (3 -) 6 - 15 (- 18) cm, minutely stellate pubescent above and stellate tomentose beneath, palmately 5-nerved at base; petioles 2 - 8 (- 12) cm long, sometimes with 2 black round glands at top and several about the middle; stipules up to 5 mm long. Inflorescences axillary or terminal paniculate cymes; bracts linear, up to 12 mm long. Male inflorescences 12 - 20 cm long, branched; flowers yellow; sepals oblong to obovate, cucullate, 4 - 6 mm long, densely stellate pubescent; petals campanulate, 5- lobed with cuneate and truncate lobes, longer than sepals; disc of 5 free orbicular glands; stamens 8 - 20, outer ones ca 6, with free filaments and inner ones ca 10, with filaments connate at base and exserted; filaments unequal, ca 5 mm long; anthers oblong, ca 1 mm long. Female inflorescences shorter and smaller than in male; sepals and petals as in male; ovary globose, stellate hairy; styles 2, forked from base. Drupes subglobose, ovoid or ellipsoid, 2 - 2.5 cm long, indehiscent, smooth, green, densely fulvous-tomentose.
Fl. March - Aug.; Fr. May - Sept.
Distrib. India: Dry deciduous and semideciduous forests of Central and Peninsular India, up to 1000 m. Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
Sri Lanka.
Uses. Wood used for making toys, decorative articles etc., and takes paint readily. Seeds yield valuable oil used for lubricating machinery.
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