Paracroton pendulus zeylanicus (Thwaites) N.P.Balakr. & Chakr.
synonym | Desmostemon zeylanicus Thwaites |
synonym | Fahrenheitia zeylanica (Thwaites) Airy Shaw |
synonym | Ostodes zeylanica (Thwaites) Müll.Arg. |
synonym | Trigonostemon zeylanicus (Thwaites) Müll.Arg. |
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Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Habit
Trees up to 30 m tall.
Trunk & Bark
Bark brown, smooth; blaze orange.
Branches and Branchlets
Branchlets stout, terete with lenticels.
Exudates
Exudates red sap from the cut end of branchlets.
Leaves
Leaves simple, alternate, spiral, usually at the end of the twigs; petiole 4-10 cm long, terete, glabrous, swollen at both ends, pair of glands present at the junction of lamina above; lamina 15-32 x 4-11 cm, usually narrow elliptic to oblanceolate, apex acuminate, base cuneate, margin serrate, coriaceous, glabrous, drying brown; midrib raised above; secondary nerves 10-12 pairs; tertiary nerves slender, obliquely percurrent.
Inflorescence / Flower
Flowers unisexual, dioecious, in terminal or lateral panicled pendulous racemes.
Fruit and Seed
Capsule, globose, 3-ribbed, brown tomentose.
Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Global Distribution
Western Ghats and Sri Lanka
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Palakkad, Idukki, Kollam, Malappuram, Thrissur, Wayanad
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
- Paracroton pendulus (Hassk.) Miq. ssp. zeylanicus (Thw.) Balakr. & Chakrab., Kew Bull. 48: 719. 1993; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 411. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 633. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 376. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 296. 2002; N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Fam. Euphorbiaceae India 218. 2007; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 748. 2009.
- Fahrenheitia zeylanica (Thw.) Airy Shaw, Kew Bull. 20: 410. 1966; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 250. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 429. 1990; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 329. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 22,31. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 288. 1997.
- Desmostemon zeylanicus Thw., Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 278. 1861.
- Ostodes zeylanica (Thw.) Muell.-Arg., Linnaea 34: 214. 1865; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 400. 1887; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1336(934). 1925.
- Paracroton pendulus (Hassk.) Miq. ssp. zeylanicus (Thw.) Balakr. & Chakrab., Kew Bull. 48: 719. 1993; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 411. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 633. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 376. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 296. 2002; N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Fam. Euphorbiaceae India 218. 2007; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 748. 2009.
- Fahrenheitia zeylanica (Thw.) Airy Shaw, Kew Bull. 20: 410. 1966; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 250. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 429. 1990; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 329. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 22,31. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 288. 1997.
- Desmostemon zeylanicus Thw., Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 278. 1861.
- Ostodes zeylanica (Thw.) Muell.-Arg., Linnaea 34: 214. 1865; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 400. 1887; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1336(934). 1925.
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Equisetopsida C. Agardh |
Order | Malpighiales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl |
Family | Euphorbiaceae |
Genus | Paracroton |
Species | Paracroton pendulus (Hassk.) Miq. |
Infraspecies | Paracroton pendulus zeylanicus (Thwaites) N.P.Balakr. & Chakr. |