Biology:Homonoia riparia

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Short description: Species of flowering plant


Willow-leaved water croton
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Homonoia riparia[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Homonoia
Species:
H. riparia
Binomial name
Homonoia riparia
Lour.
Synonyms
  • Adelia neriifolia B.Heyne ex Roth
  • Croton salicifolius Geiseler
  • Haematospermum neriifolium (B.Heyne ex Roth) Wall. ex Voigt
  • Haematospermum salicinum (Hassk.) Baill.
  • Lumanaja juviatilis Blanco
  • Ricinus salicinus Hassk.
  • Spathiostemon salicinus (Hassk.) Hassk.
  • Spathiostemon salicinus var. angustifolius Miq. [3]

Homonoia riparia, the willow-leaved water croton,[2] a mangrove species, belongs to the family Euphorbiaceae. The plant is widely distributed through South Asian and South East Asian countries such as Cambodia, China , Indonesia, Laos, Papua New Guinea, Philippines , Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. It is grown in wet soil near river banks and flooded plains.[4]

Description

  • Bark - brownish
  • Leaves - simple, and alternate
  • Flowers - wind pollinated monoecious flowers and bracts sub-ovate
  • Height - 1–3-metre-tall evergreen shrub
  • Ecology - A rheophyte
  • Uses - medicine

Common names

The names are according to Asian Plant.net and Indian Flowers

  • Borneo - Bongai tidong, Parang-parang
  • Burma - Kyauk(a)naga, Momaka, Nyin ye bin.
  • Cambodia - Rey tuck.
  • China - Shui liu, shui yeung mui.
  • English - Willow-Leaved Water Croton.
  • India
    • Hindi - Sherni (शेरनी)
    • Marathi - Raan kaner (रान कणेर)
    • Tamil - Kattalari (காட்டலரி)
    • Malayalam - Neervanchi, Puzhavanchi
    • Telugu - Adavi ganneru (అడవి గన్నేరు)
    • Kannada - Hole nage, Niru kanigalu (ಹೊಳೆ ನಗೆ)
    • Sanskrit - Kshudrapashanabheda (क्षुद्रपाषाणभेद)
  • Java - Kajoe soebah, Keding djati, Soebah/Sobah,
  • Laos - Kek khay.
  • Philippines - Agooi, Agoioi, Agukuk,
  • Thailand - K(l)ai nam, Klai hin, Mai kerai, (Ta)kri nam.
  • Sri Lanka - Omi (ඕමි), Werawala (වැරවල)
  • Sumatra - Sangka, Sangkir
  • Vietnam - Cây rù rì nước, Rì rì, Rù rì.

References

Further reading

  • Yang, SM; Liu, XK; Qing, C; Wu, DG; Zhu, DY (2007). "Chemical constituents from the roots of Homonoia riparia". Yao Xue Xue Bao 42 (3): 292–6. PMID 17520829. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q11129985 entry