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Synadenium grantii
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Family:
EUPHORBIACEAE
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Citation: Synadenium grantii Hook. f., Bot. Mag. t. 5633. 1867; N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Fam. Euphorbiaceae India 281. 2007.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
African milk bush
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Description:
Monoecious shrub; branchlets subfleshy, rounded, latex milky, copious. Leaves alternate, broadly lanceolate, to 18 x 8 cm, subfleshy, base cuneate, decurrent into petiole, apex obtuse; petiole to 1 cm. Cyathia in lax, subterminal or axillary cymose panicles; peduncles dichotomously branched, to 10 cm. Gland cushion-like, 0.8 cm wide; rim even, recurved. Involucre cupular; bracts 5, suborbicular, fimbriate. Staminate: florets 20-30, in 5 groups. Stamen 1; anther globose, dehiscence transverse. Pistillate: floret 1, laterally pendulous. Ovary 3-celled; ovule 1 per cell, pendulous; styles 3, bifid. Capsule 3-lobed, of 3, bivalved cocci; seeds oblong.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-May
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown as live fence
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Distribution:
Native of Africa
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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):
Purple
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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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:
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