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Croton klotzschianus
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Family:
EUPHORBIACEAE
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Citation: Croton klotzschianus Thw., Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 276. 1861; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5:392.1886; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1315(920).1925; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 362. 1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 413. 1988; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 411. 1994; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 441. 2005; N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Fam. Euphorbiaceae India 214. 2007.
Oxydectes klotzschianus (Thw.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 612. 1891.
Croton thwaitesianus Muel.-Arg., Linnaea 34: 116. 1865.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Nanchu
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Shrubs, often straggling. Leaves simple, alternate, 7-9 x 2.5-4 cm,elliptic-ovate or oblong, base and apex acute, margin serrulate, membranous; 3-ribbed from the base, stellately hairy when young; petiole to 1 cm long. Racemes 3-6 cm long. Male flowers many for most of the parts of the raceme, pedicel to 1 cm long; tepals gland-dotted; stamens many; disc-glands 5, large. Female flowersa few at the base of the racemes, pedicel short, outer tepals ovate, inner ones subulate. Ovary densely stellately hairy. Capsule subglobose.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-April
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District(s):
Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Peninsular India and Sri Lanka
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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
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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:
200-1000
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Localities:
Placherry, Trisselari, Boneccord
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