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 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Genus: | Homonoia |
| Species: | H. riparia
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| Binomial name | |
| Homonoia riparia Lour.
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| Synonyms | |
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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
- ↑ 1880 illustration from Francisco Manuel Blanco (O.S.A.) - Flora de Filipinas
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kumar, B. (2020). "Homonoia riparia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T176888A175308493. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T176888A175308493.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/176888/175308493. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ↑ "Homonoia riparia Lour. — the Plant List". http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-100133.
- ↑ "Homonoia riparia - EUPHORBIACEAE". http://www.biotik.org/india/species/h/homoripa/homoripa_en.html.
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
- Asianplant.net: Homonoia riparia
- Park, Seonju; Nhiem, Nguyen Xuan; Van Kiem, Phan; Ban, Ninh Khac; Kim, Nanyoung; Kim, Seung Hyun (2014). "A new flavonoid glycoside from the leaves of Homonoia riparia". Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 57: 155–158. doi:10.1016/j.bse.2014.08.006.
Wikidata ☰ Q11129985 entry
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