Homonoia riparia explained

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.^[1]

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

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

Further reading

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

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Homonoia riparia - EUPHORBIACEAE.