Homonoia riparia is a species of flowering plant in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae.
Distribution
It is a mangrove species that is native to the Andaman Islands, Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, South-Central and Southeast China, Himalaya, Hainan, India, Indonesia, Java, Laos, the Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Guinea, the Nicobar Islands, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. It is grows in wet soil near river banks and flooded plains.
Description
- Bark - brownish
- Leaves - simple, and alternate
- Flowers - wind pollinated monoecious flowers and bracts sub-ovate
- Height - 1âÂÂ3-metre-tall evergreen shrub
- Ecology - A rheophyte
- Uses - medicine
Common names
The names are according to Asian Plant.net and 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 (à ¤¶à ¥Âà ¤°à ¤¨à ¥Â)
- Marathi - Raan kaner (à ¤°à ¤¾à ¤¨ à ¤Âà ¤£à ¥Âà ¤°)
- Tamil - Kattalari (à ®Âà ®¾à ®Âà ¯Âà ®Âà ®²à ®°à ®¿)
- Malayalam - Neervanchi, Puzhavanchi
- Telugu - Adavi ganneru (à °Â
à °¡à °µà °¿ à °Âà °¨à ±Âà °¨à ±Âà °°à ±Â)
- Kannada - Hole nage, Niru kanigalu (à ²¹à ³Âà ²³à ³ à ²¨à ²Âà ³Â)
- Sanskrit - Kshudrapashanabheda (à ¤Âà ¥Âà ¤·à ¥Âà ¤¦à ¥Âà ¤°à ¤ªà ¤¾à ¤·à ¤¾à ¤£à ¤Âà ¥Âà ¤¦)
- 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 (à ¶Âà ¶¸à ·Â), Werawala (à ·Âà ·Âà ¶»à ·Âà ¶½)
- Sumatra - Sangka, Sangkir
- Vietnam - Cây rù rì nðá»Âc, Rì rì, Rù rì.
References
- http://wwwuser.gwdg.de/~hlaatsc/181_Homonoia.pdf
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