''Homonoia riparia'', the willow-leaved water croton,
a
mangrove
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Euphorbiaceae
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. The plant is widely distributed through South Asian and South East Asian countries such as
Cambodia
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China
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Indonesia
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Laos
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Papua New Guinea
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Philippines
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Sri Lanka
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Taiwan
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Thailand
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Vietnam
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. 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
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* Uses - medicine
Common names
The names are according t
Asian Plant.netan
*Borneo - Bongai tidong, Parang-parang
*Burma - Kyauk(a)naga, Momaka, Nyin ye bin.
*Cambodia - Rey tuck.
*China - Shui liu, shui yeung mui.
*English - Willow-Leaved Water Croton.
*India
**Hindi - Sherni (शेरनी)
**Marathi - Raan kaner (रान कणेर)
**Tamil - Kattalari (காட்டலரி)
**Malayalam - Neervanchi, Puzhavanchi
**Telugu - Adavi ganneru (అడవి గన్నేరు)
**Kannada - Hole nage, Niru kanigalu (ಹೊಳೆ ನಗೆ)
**Sanskrit - Kshudrapashanabheda (क्षुद्रपाषाणभेद)
*Java - Kajoe soebah, Keding djati, Soebah/Sobah,
*Laos - Kek khay.
*Philippines - Agooi, Agoioi, Agukuk,
*Thailand - K(l)ai nam, Klai hin, Mai kerai, (Ta)kri nam.
*Sri Lanka - Omi (ඕමි), Werawala (වැරවල)
*Sumatra - Sangka, Sangkir
*Vietnam - Cây rù rì nước, Rì rì, Rù rì.
References
*http://wwwuser.gwdg.de/~hlaatsc/181_Homonoia.pdf
Further reading
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External links
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Acalypheae
Flora of China
Flora of tropical Asia
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