- Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
(Spurge Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : AMLA FAMILY (आँवला फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Euphorbiaceae
- Synonym(s) : Adelia neriifolia B.Heyne ex Roth; Croton salicifolius Geiseler; Haematospermum neriifolium (B.Heyne ex Roth) Wall. ex Voigt; Haematospermum salicinum (Hassk.) Baill.; Lumanaja juviatilis Blanco; Ricinus salicinus Hassk.; Spathiostemon salicinus (Hassk.) Hassk.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Homonoia riparia Lour.
- Vernacular name :
- Jalbent (Hindi)
- Sannapaashanabeda, Holenage, Narganagile (Kannada)
- Aathu Inji (Tamil)
- Jalaveetasah, Vetasah (Sanskrit)
- Sarni (Marathi)
- Pani begunia, Godamalla, Pani jhovali (Oria), Taninki, Siridamanu, Tniki chettu (Telugu)
- Athalangi, Aattuvanchi, Kadallari, Neervanchi, Puzhavanchi (Malayalam)
- Habit : Shrub
- Habitat : Along river and stream banks
- Comments / notes : A common riparian species along fast flowing water bodies across the ghats.
- Flower, Fruit : December-May
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Chittoor district, Y.S.R. Kadapa district, East Godavari district, Guntur district, Krishna district, Kurnool district, S.P.S. Nellore district, Prakasam district, Srikakulam district, Visakhapatnam district, Vizianagaram district, West Godavari district
- Telangana : Khammam district, Nalgonda district, Mahbubnagar district
- Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Hassan district, Mysuru district, Udupi district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Akola district
- Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Ganjam district
- Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Kameng, Lohit, Siang
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : India, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nicobar Islands, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : India, Southeast Asia, China, Formosa, New Guinea, Moluccas, Sunda Islands, Malaysia
- Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
- 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 Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1.
- Sudhakar Reddy, C et al., 2009. Tree Wealth of Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India
- Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan District
- Saldanha, C.J. (1996). Flora of Karnataka vol. 2. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi
- Gowda, 2004 – Flora of Sringeri
- Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg District
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi District
- Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India.
- Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 243
- G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 375
- Read more :
- Permalink : http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Homonoia riparia
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Flora Online. http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Homonoia riparia. Downloaded on 22 February 2026.
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