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Snuhi (Species 1) - Bahukantak Snuhi

Common Names


Common Names To be Updated Soon

About    Taxonomy


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CLASSIFICATION


TAXON 


Euphorbia neriifolia L.

FAMILY 


Euphorbiaceae Juss.

ALTERNATE FAMILY


nom. cons.

TRIBE


Euphorbioideae

SUBTRIBE


Euphorbieae

CLASSIFICATION


Euphorbiinae

GENUS 


Euphorbia L.

SPECIES


neriifolia L. Sp. pl. 1:451. 1753


Plant Description


Trees or shrubs, 3-5(-8) m tall, glabrous except for cyathia. Stems 6-15 cm thick, green, with 5 spiral ranks of tubercles, ascending, branching from upper parts. Leaves alternate, apically clustered, persistent, succulent; spine shields small, stipules pricklelike, 2-3 mm; petiole short, 2-4 mm; leaf blade obovate or obovate-oblong to spoon-shaped, 4.5-12 × 1.3-3.8 cm, fleshy, base attenuate, margin entire, apex obtuse, apiculate; veins inconspicuous. Cyathia in subterminal cymes, peduncle ca. 3 mm; cyathophylls membranous, caducous; involucre campanulate, ca. 4 × 5-6 mm, lobes 5, rounded; glands 5, succulent, thick and entire. Male flowers many, bracts linear. Female flowers rarely developed. Capsule and seeds not seen.

Flowering Period: Jun-Sep.

 

*Description source:  Efloras.org

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