Sauropus quadrangularis
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- West Bengal
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Sauropus quadrangularis
- Genus
- Sauropus
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous, evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests, also in the plains
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, China, Indo-China
- Found in India
- West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- 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 Sauropus quadrangularis 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 Sauropus quadrangularis itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- പുനർമുരിങ്ങ
About Sauropus quadrangularis
Sauropus quadrangularis belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family, where it grows as a shrub. In India it has been recorded in West Bengal. It grows in moist deciduous, evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests, also in the plains. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Sauropus quadrangularis belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
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