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Flueggea leucopyrus Willd.

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Flueggea leucopyrus Willd.
Flueggea leucopyrus Willd.
Flueggea leucopyrus Willd.
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymAcidoton leucopyrus (Willd.) Kuntze
synonymCicca leucopyrus (Willd.) Kurz
synonymFlueggea wallichiana Baill., nom. illeg.
synonymFlueggea xerocarpa A.Juss.
synonymPhyllanthus albicans Benth., nom. nud.
synonymPhyllanthus leucopyrus (Willd.) J.Koenig ex Roxb.
synonymPhyllanthus lucena B.Heyne ex Roth
synonymSecurinega leucopyrus (Willd.) Müll.Arg.
synonymXylophylla lucena Roth
🗒 Common Names
English
  • Spinous fluggea
Hindi
  • Hartho
  • ¿ ऐंटा Ainta ?
Konkani
  • Parpo
Malayalam
  • Amboorippachila
  • Mulpulanji
  • Perimklavu
  • Vellamullaram
  • ചെരിംക്ലാവ് Cerimklaav
Marathi
  • पांढरफळी Pandharphali
Other
  • Bushweed
  • Cool Pot
  • Indian Snow Berry
  • Poolie
  • Pulanji
  • Thermacole Plant
  • White Honey Shrub
Sanskrit
  • पान्डुफली Panduphali
  • भूरिफली Bhuriphali
  • श्वेतकम्बुज Shwetakambuja
Tamil
  • Madhuppullaanthi
  • Vellaipoola
  • வறட்பூலா Varat-pula
  • ள்ளைப்பூலாஞ்சி Vellai-p-pulanci
Telugu
  • పులుగుడు Pulugudu
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Brief
Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Shrub
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 
D. Narasimhan
Status UNDER_CREATION
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References 
    Diagnostic Keys
    Description
    Habit: Straggling Shrub
    G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
    Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
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    References 
      Shrubs, branchlets angular, ending in spines. Leaves distichous, to 2.5 x 1.5 cm, obovate, apex emarginate, base cuneate, membranous. Flowers greenish white; bracts many, minute, pedicels 2 mm; male flowers in axillary clusters, tepals 0.7 mm, concave, obtuse; stamens 5, filaments 1.5 mm, pistillode 1 mm. Capsule 5 mm across, globose, white.
      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
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        No Data
        📚 Natural History
        Cyclicity
        Flowering and fruiting: June-September
        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 
          Morphology

          Growth Form

          Tree
          Tree
          Field Tips

          Branches arrested, stiff, thorn like.

          Flower

          Female flowers sub solitary, male flowers in clusters, greenish. Flowering from February-May.

          Fruit

          A capsule, white when ripe. Seed 1, globose. Fruiting from April-November.

          Leaf Apices

          Obtuse

          Leaf arrangement

          Alternate

          Leaf Bases

          Cuneate

          Leaf Margins

          Entire

          Leaf Shapes

          Elliptic

          Leaf Types

          Simple

          Habit

          An armed large shrub.

          Keystone Foundation
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          Contributors 
          Status UNDER_CREATION
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          References 
            Miscellaneous Details
            Fruits edible.  Flowers attract numerous honeybees.
            Keystone Foundation
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            Contributors 
            Status UNDER_CREATION
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            References 
              Notes: Dry Evergreen to Dry Deciduous
              G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
              Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
              Contributors 
              Status UNDER_CREATION
              Licenses CC_BY
              References 
                No Data
                📚 Habitat and Distribution
                General Habitat
                Dry deciduous forests
                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 
                  Common on foothills to scrub jungles from the coast to 900m. India, Sri Lanka, Burma.
                  Keystone Foundation
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                    Description
                    Global Distribution

                    India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar

                    Indian distribution

                    State - Kerala, District/s: Idukki, Kollam, Wayanad, Thrissur, Palakkad, Kozhikkode

                    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 
                      Kerala: Idukki, Kollam Tamil Nadu: All districts
                      G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                      Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                      Contributors 
                      Status UNDER_CREATION
                      Licenses CC_BY
                      References 
                        No Data
                        📚 Occurrence
                        No Data
                        📚 Uses and Management
                        Uses

                        System of Medicines Used In

                        Ayurveda
                        Ayurveda
                        Folk medicine
                        Folk medicine
                        Butterflies and beetles are also found on the plant. Good deworming medicine. Goats prefer this plant.
                        Keystone Foundation
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                        Contributors 
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                        References 
                          System Of Medicines Used In

                          Ayurveda, Folk medicine

                          FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1884
                          Attributions FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1884
                          Contributors 
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                            📚 Information Listing
                            References
                            1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1884
                            1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
                            1. Securinega leucopyrus (Willd.) Muell.-Arg. in DC., Prodr. 15: 451. 1866; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 335. 1995; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 290. 1999.
                            2. Flueggea leucopyrus Willd., Sp. Pl. 4: 757. 1806; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 328. 1887; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1296(907). 1925; N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Fam. Euphorbiaceae India 342. 2007; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 738. 2009.
                            Information Listing > References
                            1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1884
                            2. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
                            3. Securinega leucopyrus (Willd.) Muell.-Arg. in DC., Prodr. 15: 451. 1866; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 335. 1995; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 290. 1999.
                            4. Flueggea leucopyrus Willd., Sp. Pl. 4: 757. 1806; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 328. 1887; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1296(907). 1925; N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Fam. Euphorbiaceae India 342. 2007; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 738. 2009.

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                            📚 Meta data
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                            🐾 Taxonomy
                            RootRoot
                            KingdomPlantae
                            PhylumTracheophyta
                            ClassEquisetopsida C. Agardh
                            OrderMalpighiales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl
                            FamilyPhyllanthaceae
                            GenusFlueggea
                            SpeciesFlueggea leucopyrus Willd.
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