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Croton caudatus
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Family:
EUPHORBIACEAE
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Citation: Croton caudatus Geisel., Crot. Monogr. 73. 1807; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 388. 1887; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1315(920). 1925; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 362. 1984; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 327. 1995; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 614. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 368. 1998; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 441. 2005; N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Fam. Euphorbiaceae India 213. 2007; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 731. 2009.
Croton caudatus Geisel. var. obovoideus Balakr. & Chakrab., Bull. Bot. Surv. India 25: 190. 1983; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 399. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 286. 2002.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Umithinnikodi
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Scandent shrubs. Leaves to 11x 6 cm, ovate, acuminate, irregularly crenate, cordate at base, sparsely stellate hairy; petiole 2-3.5 cm long, densely stellate hairy, stipule 15 mm long, divided into 2-5 linear lobes. Racemes to 20 cm long, densely tomentose. Female flowers pedicelled, 8 mm across; sepals lanceolate; petals hispid; ovary densely stellate hairy, style linear, not divided, 6 mm long. Male flowers many; sepals ovate; petals similar to sepals; torus densely villous; stamens many, filaments, glabrous. Capsule 20 x 17 mm, obovoid, retuse, densely stellate hairy.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-May
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District(s):
Idukki, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Wayanad, Palakkad, Thrissur, Kozhikkode
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
White, Creamy
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Koruthode, Sabarimala, Sabari hills, Mundurapalai river side, Velvara, Nedumkayam, Thenmalai, Ariankavu
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