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Homonoia (plant)
''Homonoia'' is a plant genus of the family (biology), family Euphorbiaceae first described in 1790. These are rheophytes and usually found in groups at riverbanks in India, southern China, Southeast Asia, and New Guinea.van Welzen, P.C. & Chayamarit, K. (2007). Flora of Thailand 8(2): 305-592. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok. ;Species # ''Homonoia intermedia'' ''Haines'' - India # ''Homonoia retusa'' (Graham ex Wight) Müll.Arg. - India, Vietnam # ''Homonoia riparia'' João de Loureiro, Lour. - Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan, Cambodia, India, Assam, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Borneo, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Maluku, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, New Guinea, Andaman & Nicobar Islands ;formerly included moved to other genera ''(Lasiococca Spathiostemon)'' # ''Homonoia comberi - Lasiococca comberi'' # ''Homonoia javensis - Spathiostemon javensis'' # ''Homonoia ps ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homonoia Riparia
''Homonoia riparia'', the willow-leaved water croton, a mangrove species, belongs to the family Euphorbiaceae. The plant is widely distributed through South Asian and South East Asian countries such as Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. It is grown in wet soil near river banks and flooded plains. Description * Bark - brownish * Leaves - simple, and alternate * Flowers - wind pollinated monoecious flowers and bracts sub-ovate * Height - 1–3-metre-tall evergreen shrub * Ecology - A rheophyte A rheophyte is a plant that lives in fast moving water currents in an environment where few other organisms can survive. Rheophytes tend to be found in currents that move at rates of one to two meters per second and that are up to 1 to 2 m deep. Th ... * Uses - medicine Common names The names are according tAsian Plant.netan *Borneo - Bongai tidong, Parang-parang *Burma - Kyauk(a)naga, Momaka, Nyin ye bin. *Cambodia - Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |