Homonoia riparia
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{{Speciesbox
|name = Willow-leaved water croton
|image = Homonoia riparia Blanco2.338.png
|image_caption = Homonoia riparia1880 illustration from Francisco Manuel Blanco (O.S.A.) - Flora de Filipinas
|status = LC
|status_system = IUCN3.1
|genus = Homonoia
|species = riparia
|authority = Lour.
|synonyms = *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.
- Spathiostemon salicinus var. angustifolius Miq. {{Cite web|url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-100133|title = Homonoia riparia Lour. — the Plant List}}
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Homonoia riparia, the willow-leaved water croton, a mangrove species, belongs to the family Euphorbiaceae. The plant is widely distributed through South Asian and South East Asian countries such as Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. It is grown in wet soil near river banks and flooded plains.{{Cite web|url=http://www.biotik.org/india/species/h/homoripa/homoripa_en.html|title=Homonoia riparia - EUPHORBIACEAE}}
Description
- Bark - brownish
- Leaves - simple, and alternate
- Flowers - wind pollinated monoecious flowers and bracts sub-ovate
- Height - 1–3-metre-tall evergreen shrub
- Ecology - A rheophyte
- Uses - medicine
Common names
The names are according to [http://www.asianplant.net/Euphorbiaceae/Homonoia_riparia.htm Asian Plant.net] and [http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Willow-Leaved%20Water%20Croton.html Indian Flowers]
- Borneo - Bongai tidong, Parang-parang
- Burma - Kyauk(a)naga, Momaka, Nyin ye bin.
- Cambodia - Rey tuck.
- China - Shui liu, shui yeung mui.
- English - Willow-Leaved Water Croton.
- India
- Hindi - Sherni (शेरनी)
- Marathi - Raan kaner (रान कणेर)
- Tamil - Kattalari (காட்டலரி)
- Malayalam - Neervanchi, Puzhavanchi
- Telugu - Adavi ganneru (అడవి గన్నేరు)
- Kannada - Hole nage, Niru kanigalu (ಹೊಳೆ ನಗೆ)
- Sanskrit - Kshudrapashanabheda (क्षुद्रपाषाणभेद)
- Java - Kajoe soebah, Keding djati, Soebah/Sobah,
- Laos - Kek khay.
- Philippines - Agooi, Agoioi, Agukuk,
- Thailand - K(l)ai nam, Klai hin, Mai kerai, (Ta)kri nam.
- Sri Lanka - Omi (ඕමි), Werawala (වැරවල)
- Sumatra - Sangka, Sangkir
- Vietnam - Cây rù rì nước, Rì rì, Rù rì.
References
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- http://wwwuser.gwdg.de/~hlaatsc/181_Homonoia.pdf
Further reading
- {{cite journal | pmid = 17520829 | volume=42 | issue=3 | title=Chemical constituents from the roots of Homonoia riparia | year=2007 | journal=Yao Xue Xue Bao | pages=292–6 | last1 = Yang | first1 = SM | last2 = Liu | first2 = XK | last3 = Qing | first3 = C | last4 = Wu | first4 = DG | last5 = Zhu | first5 = DY}}
External links
- [http://www.asianplant.net/Euphorbiaceae/Homonoia_riparia.htm Asianplant.net: Homonoia riparia]
- {{cite journal |doi=10.1016/j.bse.2014.08.006 |title=A new flavonoid glycoside from the leaves of Homonoia riparia |journal=Biochemical Systematics and Ecology |volume=57 |pages=155–158 |year=2014 |last1=Park |first1=Seonju |last2=Nhiem |first2=Nguyen Xuan |last3=Van Kiem |first3=Phan |last4=Ban |first4=Ninh Khac |last5=Kim |first5=Nanyoung |last6=Kim |first6=Seung Hyun }}
- [https://www.yaoxuexuebao-05134870.com/ Yaoxue Xuebao] (ISSN:0513-4870) is a monthly peer-reviewed scopus-indexed journal from 1960, from 1962 to 1966, from 1979 to Present.
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Category:Flora of tropical Asia
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