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Sauropus compressus
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Family:
EUPHORBIACEAE
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Citation: Sauropus compressus Mull.-Arg. in DC., Prodr. 15: 243. 1866; N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Fam. Euphorbiaceae India 394. 2007.
Sauropus varierii Sivar. & Indu, Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 5: 917. 1984.
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Description:
Dwarf, woody shrubs about 1 m tall; younger parts of stem 3-5 angled, often minutely winged along the angles, glabrous, brachiate; brachyblasts 10-15 cm long, compressed, not winged. Leaves up to 1.8 x 1.3 cm, broadly elliptic, ovate or orbicular, glabrous, green above, pale beneath, secondary veins 4-5 pairs, not raised above, lower leaves smaller; petiole 1-1.5 mm long; stipules almost as long as the petiole, lanceolate. Male flowers: in 2s or 3s from the axils, subdiscoid, 2.5 mm across; bracts and bracteoles minute, acuminate; pedicels 2.5 mm long; calyx segments 6 in 2 series, the outer three larger than the inner, broader than long, inner three as broad as long (1 mm), segments quadrate, glabrous, tips retuse or minutely 2-lobed; stamens 3, filaments united into a short triradiate column; anthers vertical. Female flowers : 4 mm across, usually solitary in the axils, green; pedicels 2 mm long; calyx lobes 6 in two series, inner smaller, orbicular or broadly ovate, acute, outer calyx segments 2.5 mm across, inner 1.5 mm across, accrescent and clasping the fruits, glabrous; ovary depressed at top; styles 3, subcentral. 2-lobed, lobes reflexed. Fruit subglobose with a triradiate depression at its beaked tip, 6 mm across, dehiscing into 6 valves; seeds lenticular, black, smooth.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-November
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District(s):
Malappuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Cultivated as medicinal plant
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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):
Green, 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:
100-1050
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Localities:
Kottakkal Aryvaida Sala Herbal Garden
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