About Willow-Leaved Water Croton
Homonoia riparia is a species of flowering plant in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Homonoia riparia
- Genus
- Homonoia
- Family
- EUPHORBIACEAE
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Along river and stream banks
- Distribution
- India, Southeast Asia, China, Formosa, New Guinea, Moluccas, Sunda Islands, Malaysia
- Flowering & fruiting
- December-May
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Local Names
- Hindi
- शेरनी Sherni, Sherni
- Tamil
- காட்டலரி kattalari, Kattalari
- Telugu
- అడవి గన్నేరు Adavi ganneru, Adavi ganneru
- Kannada
- ಹೊಳೆ ನಗೆ hole nage, ನೀರುಕಣಿಗಲು Niru kanigalu, Niru kanigalu
- Malayalam
- neervanchi, puzhavanchi, Neervanchi
- Marathi
- रान कणेर raan kaner, शेरणी sherni, Raan kaner
Botanical family
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Willow-Leaved Water Croton belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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