Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Meineckia longipes
- Genus
- Meineckia
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Semi-Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India
- Flowering & fruiting
- October-January
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 Meineckia longipes 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 Meineckia longipes itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Meineckia longipes
Meineckia longipes belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family, where it grows as a shrub. It grows in semi-Evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from October to January.
Botanical family
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Meineckia longipes belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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