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Shield-Leaf Tree
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Shield-Leaf Tree
ative Photo: Prashant Awale
Common name: Shield-Leaf Tree • Hindi: Chand Kal • Marathi: चांदा Chanda, चांदवड Chandwar, चांदाडा Chandada • Tamil: Vattakanni • Malayalam: വട്ട Vatta, Thodukanni, Uppila • Telugu: Boddi • Kannada: ಬೆಟ್ಟದಾವರೆ Bettadavare, Vattathamarai, ಚಂದಕಲ Chandakala ಉಪ್ಪಲಿಗೆ Uppalige, ಉಪ್ಪರಾಂತಿ Upparaanti, ಕಂಚುಪ್ರಾಂತಿ Kanchupraanti, ಬಟ್ಟಲುಚಂದ್ರಿಕೆ Battalu chandrike • Oriya: Piania • Konkani: Kondatamara • Mizo: Hnahkharnu
Botanical name: Macaranga peltata    Family: Euphorbiaceae (Castor family)
Synonyms: Macaranga roxburghii, Tanarius peltatus, Mappa peltata
Shield-Leaf Tree is a resinous tree, to 10 m tall. Young parts are velvet hairy. Leaves are 20-50 x 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. Flowers occur in long panicles in leaf axils; male minute, numerous, clustered in the axils of large bracts with dentate apex, 5-6 mm long. Petals (rather perianth lobes) 3, stamens 3 ; filaments short ; anthers 2-celled. Capsule 4-5 mm across, spherical ; 2-valved ; seed 1, rounded, blackish. Shield-Leaf Tree leaves are used for flavoring food by wrapping food in the leaves and steaming it. Shield-Leaf Tree is native to India, Sri Lanka, Sikkim to W. Indo-China. Flowering:January-February.
Identification credit: Navendu Pāgé Photographed in Maharashtra.
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