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Sauropus quadrangularis
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Family:
EUPHORBIACEAE
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Citation: Sauropus quadrangularis (Willd.) Muell.-Arg., Linnaea 32: 73. 1863; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 335. 1887; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1303(911). 1925; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 261. 1982; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 347. 1985; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 737. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 438. 1990; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 10,16. 1996; Chakrab. & Gangop., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 20: 534. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 414. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 295. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 642. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 380. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 299. 2002; N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Fam. Euphorbiaceae India 395. 2007; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 754. 2009.
Phyllanthus quadrangularis Willd., Sp. Pl. 4: 585. 1805.
Sauropus compressus Muell.-Arg in DC., Prodr. 15: 243. 1866; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 336. 1887; Chakrab. & Gangop., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 20: 526. 1996.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Aruni, Punarmuringa
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Description:
Glabrous shrubs. Leaves simple, alternate, ovate-obtuse, emarginate at apex, glaucous below, black when dried; nerves 5 pairs, prominent; petiole 2 mm long; stipules cordate at base. Flowers solitary, axillary, pedicelled. Male flowers 3 mm across; sepals ovate, acute; stamens 3, anthers sessile on erect staminal column. Sepals of female flowers broadly ovate, obtuse, emarginate, united by the disk; styles 3, 2-fid at apex. Capsule 1.2 cm across, smooth, glabrous.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
Throughout the year
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kasaragode, Idukki, Malappuram, Kozhikkode, Kollam, Thrissur, Wayanad, Kannur
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous, evergreen and semi-evergreen forests, also in the plains
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Distribution:
India, China and Indo-China
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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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
400-600
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Localities:
Peechi, Kattalappara, Sabarimala, Vallakkadavu, Kannimara, Padippara, Ezhimala, Dhoni R. F., Nedumkayam
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