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Sauropus saksenianus
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Family:
EUPHORBIACEAE
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Citation: Sauropus saksenianus Manilal, Prasann. & Sivar., J. Indian Bot. Soc. 64: 294. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 255. 1988; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 23. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 414. 1996; Chakrab. & Gangop., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 20: 531. 1996; Biju in Manoharan et al., Silent Valley-Whispers Reason 170. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 299. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 456. 2005; N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Fam. Euphorbiaceae India 395. 2007; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 754. 2009.
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Description:
Shrubs. Leaves shortly petiolate, ovate or oblong lanceolate, apex acuminate, mucronate, base obtuse or rounded, glabrous, glaucous below, lateral nerves 6-8 pairs, slender; stipules lanceolate, 5 mm long. Flowers solitary; perianth lobes oblong, unequal, alternate long, obovoid, larger lobe 3 mm long; smaller ones 2 mm long. Fruits depressed obovoid, creamy white, to 2.2 x 2.5 cm; pericarp 5 mm thick; seeds 6, trigonous, smooth, 8-10 x 5 mm; fruit pedicels 1.5 cm long, perianth scarcely enlarged.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-October
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District(s):
Palakkad, Pathanamthitta, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
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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):
Yellow, Green
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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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
700-1900
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Localities:
Sholayar, Pooppara, Nilikkal, Valiyaparathode, Lower Moozhiar, Silent Valley R. F.
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