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Sauropus gour-maitii
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Family:
EUPHORBIACEAE
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Citation: Sauropus gour-maitii Chakrab. & M.Gangop., J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 20: 529. 1996.
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Description:
Shrubs, 2-4 m high, almost glabrous; leaf-bearing branchlets 15-30 cm long, pale greenish-brown to dark brown, terete, 1-3 mm thick, initially sparsely papillose-puberulous, soon glabrous. Leaves simple, alternate, 6-13 x 1.5-5 cm, ovate-lanceolate, triangular-lanceolate, acute to acuminate at apex, obtuse, subtruncate or acute at base, membranous, green to brown above when dry, paler beneath; lateral nerves 7-8 pairs; petioles 1.5-2 x ca 1 mm; stipules linear-lanceolate, up to 5 mm long. Male flowers : pedicels 1.5-4 mm long; calyx concave-cupular, ca 1 x 1.5 mm, deeply 6-lobed; segments oblong-oblanceolate, ca 1.2 x 0.5 mm, incurved and shortly bifid at apex; staminal column ca 0.5 mm long; anthers narrowly ovoid, ca 0.8 mm long, erect when young, finally horizontal. Female flowers: pedicels 4-5 x ca 0.5 mm; calyx cupular, ca 3 x 3.5 mm; segments ovate, 2-2.5 x 1-1.5 mm, acute to subacute; ovary trigonous, ca 1 x 0.8 mm; styles ca 0.5 mm long, erect, shortly bifid at apex. Capsules somewhat depressed, 8-10 x 13-15 mm, unlobed, thin-walled, brown when dry; pedicel 10-12 mm long, slender.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-July
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District(s):
Thrissur, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Wayanad, Kannur
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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):
Creamy, White, 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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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