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Flueggea leucopyrus
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Family:
EUPHORBIACEAE
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Citation: Flueggea leucopyrus Willd., Sp. Pl. 4: 757. 1806; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 328. 1887; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1296(907). 1925; N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Fam. Euphorbiaceae India 342. 2007; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 738. 2009.
Securinega leucopyrus (Willd.) Muell.-Arg. in DC., Prodr. 15: 451. 1866; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 335. 1995; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 290. 1999.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Amboorippachila, Mulpulanji, Perimklavu, Vellamullaram
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Spinous fluggea
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Description:
Shrubs, branchlets angular, ending in spines. Leaves distichous, to 3.5 x 2 cm, obovate, apex emarginate, base cuneate, membranous, glaucous beneath; lateral nerves ca. 5 pairs, slender. Flowers greenish-white in axillary clusters; bracts many, minute, pedicels 2 mm. Male flowers: tepals 0.7 mm, concave, obtuse; stamens 5, filaments 1.5 mm, pistillode 1 mm. Capsule 5-8 mm across, globose, white.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
June-September
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District(s):
Idukki, Kollam, Wayanad, Kannur, Thrissur, Palakkad, Kozhikkode
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Dry deciduous forests
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Distribution:
India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar
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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):
Creamy, Yellow
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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:
Champakkad, Chinnar, Ariankavu
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