About Baliospermum montanum
Baliospermum solanifolium, synonym Baliospermum montanum, is a plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. It is commonly known as red physic nut, wild castor, wild croton or wild sultan seed. It is a stout undershrub with numerous flowers.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Baliospermum montanum
- Genus
- Baliospermum
- Family
- EUPHORBIACEAE
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous forests and field borders; also shaded places
- Distribution
- Bangladesh, Myanmar, Java, Malay peninsula, India
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-April
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Malayalam
- നാഗദന്തി, Baliospermum montanum, നാഗദന്ദി
Botanical family
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Baliospermum montanum belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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