Botanical Name

Mallotus philippensis 

Family

Euphorbiaceae 

Sanskrit name

Kampillaka

English name

Dyer's rottlera, Monkey face tree, scarlet croton

Hindi name

kamala, raini, 

Kannada

Kumkumada mara

Habit

Tree

Habitat

Common in evergreen forest, especially in secondary forest, and sometimes even dominant in the undergrowth. It also occurs in scrubby vegetations and on open rocky ground

Plant Description

Trees Trunk fluted; bark brownish, fissured; blaze purplish brown. Young branchlets terete, grey pubescent. Leaves  simple, alternate, spiral. Flowers unisexual, dioecious, in terminal spikes. Capsule, globose, densely red glandular; seeds black, 1 per cell.

Distribution

South East Asia

Part Used

Bark, leaf, fruit.

Medicinal uses

Used in skin diseases, worm infestation, renal calculi,retention of urine, wounds, diarrhoea to prevent miscarriage

Ecological significance

Host plant for Tailless lineblue, Common lineblue, Chestnut-streaked sailer, Tricolour piedflat.