Homonoia riparia

Willow-leaved water croton
Homonoia riparia[1]
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Euphorbiaceae
Genus:	Homonoia
Species:	H. riparia
Binomial name
Homonoia riparia Lour.
Synonyms
Adelia neriifolia B.Heyne ex Roth Croton salicifolius Geiseler Haematospermum neriifolium (B.Heyne ex Roth) Wall. ex Voigt Haematospermum salicinum (Hassk.) Baill. Lumanaja juviatilis Blanco Ricinus salicinus Hassk. Spathiostemon salicinus (Hassk.) Hassk. Spathiostemon salicinus var. angustifolius Miq. [3]

Homonoia riparia, the willow-leaved water croton,^[2] 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.^[4]

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
• Uses - medicine

Common names

The names are according to Asian Plant.net and Indian Flowers

• 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

1. 1880 illustration from Francisco Manuel Blanco (O.S.A.) - Flora de Filipinas
2. Kumar, B. (2020). "Homonoia riparia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T176888A175308493. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T176888A175308493.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
3. "Homonoia riparia Lour. — the Plant List".
4. "Homonoia riparia - EUPHORBIACEAE".

• http://wwwuser.gwdg.de/~hlaatsc/181_Homonoia.pdf

Further reading

• Yang, SM; Liu, XK; Qing, C; Wu, DG; Zhu, DY (2007). "Chemical constituents from the roots of Homonoia riparia". Yao Xue Xue Bao. 42 (3): 292–6. PMID 17520829.

External links

• Asianplant.net: Homonoia riparia
• Park, Seonju; Nhiem, Nguyen Xuan; Van Kiem, Phan; Ban, Ninh Khac; Kim, Nanyoung; Kim, Seung Hyun (2014). "A new flavonoid glycoside from the leaves of Homonoia riparia". Biochemical Systematics and Ecology. 57: 155–158. doi:10.1016/j.bse.2014.08.006.