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Euphorbia pallens
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Family:
EUPHORBIACEAE
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Citation: Euphorbia pallens Dillw., Review Hort. Malab. 55. 1839; V.S. Raju, Rheedea 11: 45. 2001; N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Fam. Euphorbiaceae India 259. 2007.
Euphorbia articulata Dennst., Schluss. Hort. Malab. 37. 1818, non Aublet 1775; Binoj. & Balak., Rheedea 3:113.1993.
Euphorbia atoto sensu Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 248. 1887, non G. Forst. 1786; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1275(892). 1925.
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Description:
Shrubs or undershrubs, up to 2 m high, erect or ascending, glabrous or sparsely hairy; stems many from a thick rootstock, stout, dichotomously branched nodes thickened; internodes 1-3 cm long. Leaves opposite, shortly petiolate, ovate or ovate-oblong, oblique at base, acute to obtuse at apex, entire, entire, 2- 3 x 1-1.5 cm, sparsely hairy on lower surface, coriaceous; mid-nerves prominent; petioles ca 2 mm long, channelled above; stipules united, broad, fimbriate. Cyathia in terminal clusters; involucre turbinate, ca 2 x 1.5 mm; lobes 5, triangular, oblong, laciniate, hairy, as long as the glands; glands 4, rounded, ca 1 x 1 mm; limb of glands obovoid, slightly larger than the gland; peduncle ca 1 mm long, glabrous. Male floret: pedicels ca 0.5 mm long; filaments articulate over the pedicels; anthers subglobose, transversely dehiscent; bracteoles filiform, ca 1.5 mm long; peripheral bracteoles deeply laciniate. Female floret: gynophore ca 2 mm long, glabrous; ovary ca 4 x 2mm, glabrous; styles 3, free from base, each bifid at apex; stigma capitate. Capsule obtusely keeled, 4-6 mm across, glabrous; seeds oblong-ovoid, 2-2.5 x 1.5-2 mm, smooth.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-April
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District(s):
Kasaragode
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Along sea coasts
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia to Australia
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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):
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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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Altitude:
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Localities:
Maloth
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