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Mallotus rhamnifolius is an evergreen shrub or small tree of the spurge family, native to the Western Ghats of India and Sri Lanka, where it grows as an understory plant in wet tropical forest. It is rarely grown in gardens, so care notes below are general guidance for a warm, humid, shaded tropical plant.
Mallotus rhamnifolius, the buckthorn-leaved kamala, is a species of understory, evergreen plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. It is native to Western Ghats of India and Sri Lanka.
Mallotus atrovirens · Green Kamala · Mallotus cumingii · White Kamala · Mallotus distans · Mallotus eriocarpus · Fig-leaved mallotus · Mallotus floribundus · Mallotus fuscescens · East Asian Mallotus · Mallotus korthalsii · Mallotus megadontus
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Mallotus rhamnifolius by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
