Biology:Paracroton pendulus

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Paracroton pendulus
Paracroton pendulus subsp. zeylanicus
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Paracroton
Species:
P. pendulus
Binomial name
Paracroton pendulus
(Hassk.) Miq.
Subspecies[2]
  • Paracroton pendulus subsp. pendulus
  • Paracroton pendulus subsp. zeylanicus (Thwaites) N.P.Balakr. & Chakr.
Synonyms[3]
  • Blumeodendron muelleri Kurz
  • Croton pendulus Hassk.
  • Fahrenheitia collina Rchb. & Zoll. ex Müll.Arg.
  • Fahrenheitia pendula (Hassk.) Airy Shaw
  • Ostodes collina (Rchb. & Zoll. ex Müll.Arg.) Pax
  • Ostodes macrophylla (Müll.Arg.) Benth. & Hook.f.
  • Ostodes pendula (Hassk.) A.Meeuse
  • Ostodes serratocrenata Merr.
  • Paracroton pendulus subsp. pendulus
  • Trigonostemon macrophyllus (Müll.Arg.) Müll.Arg.
  • Tritaxis macrophylla Müll.Arg.

Paracroton pendulus is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. It is a tree native to the Western Ghats of southwestern India, Sri Lanka, southern Myanmar, Peninsular Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo, and the Philippines.[2][1]

It is a canopy or subcanopy tree in tropical moist evergreen forests from 150 to 1800 meters elevation.[4]

Description

  • Leaves - simple, alternate; lamina elliptic to oblanceolate; apex acuminate; margin serrate.
  • Flowers - unisexual flowers are dioecious. inflorescence is panicled pendulous racemes.
  • Fruits - globose brownish tomentose capsule.
  • Uses - timber, medicine. red sap is known to have irritating ability.[5]

Subspecies

Two subspecies are accepted.[2]

  • Paracroton pendulus subsp. pendulus – southern Myanmar to the Philippines
  • Paracroton pendulus subsp. zeylanicus (Thwaites) N.P.Balakr. & Chakr. (synonyms Desmostemon zeylanicus Thwaites, Fahrenheitia zeylanica (Thwaites) Airy Shaw, Ostodes zeylanica (Thwaites) Müll.Arg., and Trigonostemon zeylanicus (Thwaites) Müll.Arg.) – southwestern India and Sri Lanka[6]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) & IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group. 2018. Paracroton pendulus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T135805578A135805580. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T135805578A135805580.en. Accessed 11 August 2025.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Paracroton pendulus (Hassk.) Miq.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:353231-1. 
  3. ↑ "Paracroton pendulus (Hassk.) Miq. — The Plant List". theplantlist.org. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-147431. 
  4. ↑ "Paracroton pendulus - EUPHORBIACEAE". biotik.org. http://www.biotik.org/india/species/p/parapend/parapend_en.html. 
  5. ↑ "Paracroton pendulus". asianplant.net. http://www.asianplant.net/Euphorbiaceae/Paracroton_pendulus.htm. 
  6. ↑ "Paracroton pendulus subsp. zeylanicus (Thwaites) N.P.Balakr. & Chakr.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:974419-1. 

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