Statue of Unity – Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat Rain Forest Ektanagar

Macaranga peltata

Syn. Macaranga roxburghii

IUCN Red List Not Evaluated (NE)

Local name

  • Shield-Leaf Tree (English)
  • Chand Kal (Hindi)

Tree type

Evergreen Deciduous
Family: Euphorbiaceae
10m

Indicated uses

Medicinal Edible Ornamental Avenue Other

Flowering & fruiting

Flowering Fruiting

Key characters

Macaranga peltata bark

Bark

Smooth and grey to pale brown, thin with conspicuous lenticels, exudes a whitish latex when cut.

Macaranga peltata leaves

Leaves

Leaves are 20–50 × 12–21 cm, alternately arranged, circular or broadly ovate, entire or minutely dentate, palmately 9-nerved. Leaf stalk is attached on the lower surface of the leaf, not on the base.

Macaranga peltata flower

Flower

Flowers occur in long panicles in leaf axils; male flowers minute, numerous, clustered in the axils of large bracts with dentate apex, 5–6 mm long. Perianth lobes 3, stamens 3; filaments short; anthers 2-celled.

Macaranga peltata fruit / seeds

Fruit / Seeds

Capsule 4–5 mm across, spherical; 2-valved; seed 1, rounded, blackish.

Macaranga peltata

Did you know?

Its large peltate (shield-shaped) leaves give the tree its scientific name peltata.

Distribution

World map showing distribution

India, Sri Lanka, Sikkim to Western Indo-China.