Nagadanthi

Scientific Name :

Baliospermum solanifolium (Burm.) Suresh

Synonym(s) :

Baliospermum montanum (Willd.) Muel.-Arg.

Local/Common name(s) :

Nagadanthi

Family :

Euphorbiaceae

Habit :

Shrubs

Flowering/Fruiting Time :

August-March

Habitat :

Moist deciduous forests, also in the plains

Endemic :

No

Status (IUCN) :

Least concern (LC)

Distribution :

Indo-Malesia

Nativity :

Indigenous

Uses :

Description (Morphology) :

Leaves simple, alternate, 10-15 x 6-10 cm, broadly ovate, often 3-lobed, apex acute or acuminate, base rounded, 3-5 ribbed, glabrous or sparsely hispid above and tomentose along the nerves beneath, inciso-crenate, with a pair of glands at base of lamina; petiole to 6 cm long. Perianth lobes 4, concave, 1.5 mm long, pubescent. Stamens numerous on a central receptacle; filaments slender, connective broad. Ovary densely tomentose, style 2-fid. Capsule 3-lobed, 1.2 cm long; seeds ovoid, caruncled.