Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Shrub
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Acidoton virosus (Roxb. ex Willd.) Kuntze |
| synonym | Phyllanthus virosus Roxb. ex Willd. |
| synonym | Securinega virosa (Roxb. ex Willd.) Baill. |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Profusely branched dioecious shrubs. Leaves alternate, 1.5-3.5 x 1-2 cm, obovate, base cuneate, apex obtuse, glaucous below, chartaceous; petiole c. 3 mm long. Flowers minute in axillary clusturs, short-pedicelled. Male flowers numerous; pedicels to 2 mm long; tepals 5, c. 1 mm long, ovate-concave, crenulate; stamens 5, free; pistillodes 3. Female flowers c. 2 mm across; tepals 5, ovate. Fruit white, c. 4 mm across, globose.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Habit: Shrub
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| 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 |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Dry & moist deciduous forests.
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| 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 |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Dry and moist deciduous forests and wastelands
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Description
Global Distribution
India: Andaman & Nicobar Island, Assam, Bihar, Maharastra, Uttar Pradesh
Local Distribution
Throughout Assam
Kerala: All districts
Tamil Nadu: Dharmapuri, Salem, Tiruchchirappalli, Viluppuram
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| 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 |
Global Distribution
Tropical Africa, Asia and Australia
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
References
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
- Flueggea microcarpa Blume, Bijdr. 580. 1826; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 328. 1887.
- Flueggea virosa (Roxb. ex Willd.) Voigt, Hort. Suburb. Calcutt. 152. 1845; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1296(907). 1925; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 291. 2002; N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Fam. Euphorbiaceae India 342. 2007; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 739. 2009.
- Securinega virosa (Roxb. ex Willd.) Baill., Adansonia 6: 334. 1866; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 271. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 373. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 347. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 255. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 427. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 369. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 740. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 439. 1990; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 415. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 644. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 381. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 290. 1999; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 457. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 652. 2009.
- Phyllanthus virosus Roxb. ex Willd., Sp. Pl. 4: 578. 1805.
Information Listing > References
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
- Flueggea microcarpa Blume, Bijdr. 580. 1826; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 328. 1887.
- Flueggea virosa (Roxb. ex Willd.) Voigt, Hort. Suburb. Calcutt. 152. 1845; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1296(907). 1925; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 291. 2002; N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Fam. Euphorbiaceae India 342. 2007; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 739. 2009.
- Securinega virosa (Roxb. ex Willd.) Baill., Adansonia 6: 334. 1866; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 271. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 373. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 347. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 255. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 427. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 369. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 740. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 439. 1990; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 415. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 644. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 381. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 290. 1999; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 457. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 652. 2009.
- Phyllanthus virosus Roxb. ex Willd., Sp. Pl. 4: 578. 1805.
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Equisetopsida C. Agardh |
| Order | Malpighiales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl |
| Family | Phyllanthaceae |
| Genus | Flueggea |
| Species | Flueggea virosa (Roxb. ex Willd.) Royle |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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