Paracroton pendulus
Species of flowering plant
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Paracroton pendulus is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. It is a tree native to the Western Ghats of southwestern India, Sri Lanka, southern Myanmar, Peninsular Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo, and the Philippines.[2][1]
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| Paracroton pendulus | |
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| Paracroton pendulus subsp. zeylanicus | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Genus: | Paracroton |
| Species: | P. pendulus |
| Binomial name | |
| Paracroton pendulus | |
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| Synonyms[3] | |
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It is a canopy or subcanopy tree in tropical moist evergreen forests from 150 to 1800 meters elevation.[4]
Description
- Leaves - simple, alternate; lamina elliptic to oblanceolate; apex acuminate; margin serrate.
- Flowers - unisexual flowers are dioecious. inflorescence is panicled pendulous racemes.
- Fruits - globose brownish tomentose capsule.
- Uses - timber, medicine. red sap is known to have irritating ability.[5]
Subspecies
Two subspecies are accepted.[2]
- Paracroton pendulus subsp. pendulus – southern Myanmar to the Philippines
- Paracroton pendulus subsp. zeylanicus (Thwaites) N.P.Balakr. & Chakr. (synonyms Desmostemon zeylanicus Thwaites, Fahrenheitia zeylanica (Thwaites) Airy Shaw, Ostodes zeylanica (Thwaites) Müll.Arg., and Trigonostemon zeylanicus (Thwaites) Müll.Arg.) – southwestern India and Sri Lanka[6]
