Homonoia riparia

Homonoia riparia, the willow-leaved water croton,[2] a mangrove species, belongs to the genus Excoecaria of 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.[4]

Willow-leaved water croton
Homonoia riparia[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Homonoia
Species:
H. riparia
Binomial name
Homonoia riparia
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. [3]

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 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 (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
  1. 1880 illustration from Francisco Manuel Blanco (O.S.A.) - Flora de Filipinas
  2. Kumar, B. (2020). "Homonoia riparia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T176888A175308493. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T176888A175308493.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  3. "Homonoia riparia Lour. — the Plant List".
  4. "Homonoia riparia - EUPHORBIACEAE".

Further reading
  • Yang, SM; Liu, XK; Qing, C; Wu, DG; Zhu, DY (2007). "Chemical constituents from the roots of Homonoia riparia". Yao Xue Xue Bao. 42 (3): 292–6. PMID 17520829.


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