Baliospermum montanum
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Madhya Pradesh, Puducherry, Meghalaya & more
- Flowering
- August-April
How to identify Baliospermum montanum
Identify Baliospermum montanum by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a undershrub habit.
- Confirm leaf type: Simple.
- Confirm leaf margin: Toothed.
- Confirm flower colour: Green.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Raceme.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-April.
- In India, compare location records such as Madhya Pradesh, Puducherry, Meghalaya, West Bengal and nearby regions.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Baliospermum montanum
- Genus
- Baliospermum
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous forests and field borders; also shaded places
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- Bangladesh, Myanmar, Java, Malay peninsula, India
- Found in India
- Madhya Pradesh, Puducherry, Meghalaya, West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Kerala, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-April
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- SimplerecordedA single, undivided leaf blade.“Leaves are simple, sinuate-toothed, upper ones small, lower ones large and sometimes palmately 3-5 lobed.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf margin
- ToothedrecordedA saw-like or jagged edge (serrate or dentate).“Leaves are simple, sinuate-toothed, upper ones small, lower ones large and sometimes palmately 3-5 lobed.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Baliospermum montanum itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- GreenrecordedGreen or greenish
- Flower arrangement
- RacemerecordedIndividual stalked flowers arranged along a central stem, opening from bottom to top.“Flowers are numerous, arranged in axillary racemes with male flowers above and a few females below.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fruit type
- CapsulerecordedA dry fruit from a fused ovary that splits open at maturity to release seeds.“Fruits are capsules, 8-13 mm long and obovoid.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Baliospermum montanum itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- നാഗദന്തി, Baliospermum montanum, നാഗദന്ദി
About Baliospermum montanum
A member of the Euphorbiaceae family, Baliospermum montanum is a low shrub. In India it has been recorded in Madhya Pradesh, Puducherry, Meghalaya and 6 other states. It grows in moist deciduous forests and field borders; also shaded places. Flowering and fruiting run from August to April.
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Baliospermum montanum belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
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