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Suregada multiflora Baill.

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Euphorbiaceae > Suregada

Characteristics

Shrubs or trees, 2-13 m tall; branches gray-yellow to gray-brown, glabrous. Petiole 3-12 mm, glabrous; leaf blade obovate-elliptic to obovate-lanceolate or oblong-elliptic, 5-16 × 3-8 cm, thinly leathery, glabrous, base cuneate or broadly cuneate, margin entire, apex acute or shortly acuminate; lateral veins 5-9. Inflorescences pedunculate cymules; pedicels and sepals puberulent; flowers 5-8 mm in diam. Male flowers: sepals orbicular, margin shallowly serrate; stamens 30-60; disk glands small, inserted at base of filaments. Female flowers: disk annular; ovary globose, glabrous; styles 3, horizontal, 2-lobed, lobes shallowly bifid to irregularly multifid. Sepals persistent in fruit; capsule globose, 11-15 mm, slightly fleshy, subglabrous, 3-seeded. Fl. May-Sep, fr. Jun-Nov.
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A tree. The bark cracks along its length. The leaves are oval and smooth but with clear dots. The base of the leaf is wedge shaped. The flowers are yellowish and have a scent. The flowers are of separate sexes. The fruit is round and has 3 lobes. They are blackish when ripe. They are 11-15 mm across and have 3 seeds.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
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Mature height (meter) 3.0 - 13.0
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OctNovDec
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AprMayJun
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OctNovDec
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Environment

It is a subtropical plant. In southern China it grows in the lowlands below 100-600 m above sea level. In Yunnan.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

The ripe fruit are eaten raw.
Uses environmental use fuel material medicinal
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Cathartics (bark), Gingivitis (bark), Liver diseases (bark), Periodontal diseases (bark), Abdominal pain (leaf), Pain (leaf), Anti-HIV agents (seed), Antineoplastic agents (seed), Cancer (unspecified), Gum (unspecified), Hepatitis (unspecified), Hepatosis (unspecified), Liver diseases (unspecified), Parasympatholytics (whole plant excluding root)
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Cultivation

Plants are grown from seeds.
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Images

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Distribution

Suregada multiflora world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, India, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:356676-1
WFO ID wfo-0000317662
COL ID 7B5ZS
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Suregada multiflora Suregada oxyphylla Suregada sumatrana Suregada tenuifolia Gelonium obtusum Gelonium affine Gelonium multiflorum Gelonium oxyphyllum Gelonium sumatranum Gelonium tenuifolium Suregada multiflora var. lamellata Suregada multiflora var. verrucigera Suregada affinis Suregada dicocca Suregada glabra Gelonium fascuculatum
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