Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Tree
Aporosa cardiosperma (Gaertn.) Merr.
🗒 Synonyms
synonym | Aporosa affinis Baill., nom. nud. |
synonym | Aporosa lindleyana (Wight) Baill. |
synonym | Aporosa sphaerocarpa Müll.Arg. |
synonym | Croton cardiospermus Gaertn. |
synonym | Scepa lindleyana Wight |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Evergreen trees, to 20 m high, bark 6-8 mm thick, greyish-brown, vertical striations shallow, brittle; blaze light pink, striated; branchlets terete, glabrous. Leaves simple, attenuate, bifarious, stipulate; stipules lateral, lanceolate, cauducous; petiole 10-20 mm long, stout, grooved above, glabrous; lamina 7.5-18 x 3-8 cm, elliptic-oblong, elliptic, oblong or ovate-oblong, base acute, obtuse or round, apex acuminate or obtusely acuminate, margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous; lateral nerves 7-10 pairs, pinnate, prominent, intercostae reticulate, faint. Flowers unisexual; male flowers: yellow, solitary or clustered in axillary spikes of 1-3.5 cm long; bracts ovate, ciliate, flowers 1-3 in each bract; tepals 4, ovate, ciliate; stamens 2-3, from the centre of the flower; filaments free; anthers didymous; female flowers: pale green, 3-8 together, in densely tomentose small racemes; pedicellate; bracts concave, ciliate, imbricate; tepals 4, larger than males; ovary superior, flask-shaped, thinly hispid; 2-celled, ovules 2 in each cell; styles 2-3, connate into a column; stigmas 2, small, plumose, spreading, recurved. Fruit a capsule 10-12 mm across, globose, yellow, glabrous, pointed with the style; aril orange-yellow; seed one, brown, planoconvex.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Semi-evergreen and evergreen forests, also in the plains
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Description
Global Distribution
Peninsular India and Sri Lanka
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
References
- Aporosa cardiosperma (Gaertn.) Merr., J. Arnold Arbor. 35: 139. 1954; N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Fam. Euphorbiaceae India 310. 2007; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 722. 2009.
- Croton cardiospermus Gaertn., Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 120. 1790.
- Aporosa lindleyana (Wight) Baill., Etud. Gen. Euphorb. 645. 1858; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 349. 1887; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1309(916). 1925; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 260. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 358. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 333. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 409. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 355. 1989; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 421. 1990; Chakrab. & Gangop., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 17: 164. 1993; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 407. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 337. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 10,16. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 393. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 281. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 605. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 365. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 282. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 598. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 437. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 620. 2009.
- Scepa lindleyana Wight, Ic. t. 361. 1840.
Information Listing > References
- Aporosa cardiosperma (Gaertn.) Merr., J. Arnold Arbor. 35: 139. 1954; N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Fam. Euphorbiaceae India 310. 2007; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 722. 2009.
- Croton cardiospermus Gaertn., Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 120. 1790.
- Aporosa lindleyana (Wight) Baill., Etud. Gen. Euphorb. 645. 1858; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 349. 1887; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1309(916). 1925; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 260. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 358. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 333. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 409. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 355. 1989; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 421. 1990; Chakrab. & Gangop., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 17: 164. 1993; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 407. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 337. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 10,16. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 393. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 281. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 605. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 365. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 282. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 598. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 437. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 620. 2009.
- Scepa lindleyana Wight, Ic. t. 361. 1840.
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🐾 Taxonomy
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Equisetopsida C. Agardh |
Order | Malpighiales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl |
Family | Phyllanthaceae |
Genus | Aporosa |
Species | Aporosa cardiosperma (Gaertn.) Merr. |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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