Thank you very much, Satish ji, for sharing this info.
Regards.

On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 11:43 AM, satish pardeshi
<[email protected]>wrote:

> Hello all
>
> *Cleistanthus* *collinus* (Roxb.) Hook. f.Fl. Brit. India 5:274. 1887 (G.
> Bentham & J. D. Hooker, Gen. pl. 3:268. 1880, nom. inval.)
> Synonym: *Clutia collina* Roxb. (basionym)
> *Family:* *Phyllanthaceae*. Also placed in: *Euphorbiaceae*
>  *Native: **ASIA-TROPICAL*
> *Indian Subcontinent*: *Bangladesh*; *India* - Maharashtra, Andhra
> Pradesh, Bihar, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal; *
> Pakistan*; *Sri Lanka*
> ref:  http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?10822#syn
>
> I had seen *exclusive* forest of Cleistanthus collinus in Nagpur, Wardha,
> Bhandara, Chandrapur and Gondiya. Cleistanthus collinus is known for its
> ability to not allow other plants to grow under its canopy(see pic). The
> fruits are poisinous.
>
>
> regards
> Satish Pardeshi
> Consultant Taxonomist
> CDAC, Pune
>
> >
>

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