Homonoia riparia Lour.

 
  • Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
    (SPURGE FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Euphorbiaceae
  • Species : Homonoia riparia
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Homonoia riparia Lour.
  • Vernacular name : Jalbent (Hin.); Sannapaashanabeda, Holenage, Narganagile (Kan.); Taninki, Taniki chettu, Siri damanu (Tel.); Aathu Inji (Tam.); Paani begunia, Godamalla, Paani Ghovali (Ori.); Jalaveetasah, Vetasah (San.)
  • Key identification features : A large shrub or a small tree common on river beds, dioecious. Leaves are simple, linear-lanceolate, up to 20 cm long, 3 cm wide, with yellow scales beneath. Flowers are small on spikate inflorescence, male flowers pink whereas females are brownish and sessile. Fruit is a schizocarp of 3 cocci.
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Flower, Fruit : November-August
  • Comments : A common riparian species along fast flowing water bodies across the ghats. Forms discrete clumps.
  • Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
  • Distribution Locality : Bellary district (Karnataka State); Tamil Nadu State; Chittoor district, Visakhapatnam district, Kurnool district, West Godavari district, East Godavari district, Kurnool district, Kadapa district, Srikakulam district (Andhra Pradesh State); Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district), Mahendragiri Hills (Ganjam district) (Odisha State)
  • World Distribution : India, South-East Asia, China, Formosa, New Guinea, Moluccas, Sunda Islands, Malesia
  • Literature : J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. ; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.; Naidu, M.T, O.A. Kumar & M. Venkaiah (2015). Vascular plant diversity in the sacred grove of Modapalli in Viskhapatnam District of Andhra Pradesh, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 7(10): 7683-7690
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Homonoia riparia. Downloaded on 27 June 2024.

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