Mallotus mollissimus(Geiseler) Airy Shaw

Green kamalaWoolly mallotus

WFO wfo-0000234628 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Mallotus mollissimus, photographed by Matthew Borella
fig. a Matthew Borella, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-22 / obs. 199531872
Mallotus mollissimus, photographed by Matthew Borella
fig. b Matthew Borella, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 169667608
Mallotus mollissimus, photographed by Matthew Borella
fig. c Matthew Borella, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 199531919
Mallotus mollissimus, photographed by Matthew Borella
fig. d Matthew Borella, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 169667621
Mallotus mollissimus, photographed by Matthew Borella
fig. e Matthew Borella, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 199531949
Mallotus mollissimus, photographed by Matthew Borella
fig. f Matthew Borella, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 169667641
Mallotus mollissimus, photographed by Matthew Borella
fig. g Matthew Borella, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 199532014
Mallotus mollissimus, photographed by Matthew Borella
fig. h Matthew Borella, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 169668631

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Native range 11 botanical countries

Regions where Mallotus mollissimus is native: Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Maluku, New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Queensland Bismarck ArchipelagoBorneoJawaLesser Sunda Is.MalukuNew GuineaPhilippinesSolomon Is.SulawesiSumateraQueensland
Native distribution of Mallotus mollissimus, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Bismarck Archipelago BIS ASIA-TROPICAL
Borneo BOR
Jawa JAW
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Maluku MOL
New Guinea NWG
Philippines PHI
Solomon Is. SOL
Sulawesi SUL
Sumatera SUM
Queensland QLD AUSTRALASIA

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 16 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Adelia barbata Blanco
  • Adelia bernardia Blanco
  • Adisca zippelii Blume
  • Chrozophora mollissima (Geiseler) A.Juss. ex Spreng.
  • Chrozophora mollissima A.Juss.
  • Croton mollissimus Geiseler
  • Croton ricinoides Pers.
  • Echinus mollissimus (Geiseler) Baill.
  • Mallotus pycnostachys F.Muell.
  • Mallotus ricinoides (Pers.) Müll.Arg.
  • Mallotus zippellii F.Muell.
  • Mappa zippelii (Blume) Zoll. & Moritzi
  • Rottlera peltata Miq.
  • Rottlera pycnostachys F.Muell.
  • Rottlera ricinoides (Pers.) A.Juss.
  • Rottlera zippelii (Blume) Hassk.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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