Cleistanthus patulus
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- February-August
How to identify Cleistanthus patulus
Identify Cleistanthus patulus by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a tree habit.
- Confirm leaf margin: Entire (smooth edge).
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: Green.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: February-August.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu.
- Confirm it sits within the Euphorbiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Cleistanthus patulus.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Cleistanthus patulus
- Genus
- Cleistanthus
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Stream banks of Mixed forests, also deciduous and Evergreen forests
- Native to
- India, Sri Lanka
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- February-August
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf margin
- Entire (smooth edge)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Cleistanthus patulus itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- GreenrecordedGreen or greenish
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Cleistanthus patulus itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Cleistanthus patulus
Cleistanthus patulus belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family, where it grows as a tree. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu. It grows in stream banks of Mixed forests, also deciduous and Evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from February to August.
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Cleistanthus patulus belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
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