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 [3] [4]
Adelia neriifoliaB.Heyne ex Roth Croton salicifoliusGeiseler Haematospermum neriifolium(B.Heyne ex Roth) Wall. ex Voigt Haematospermum salicinum(Hassk.) Baill. Lumanaja juviatilisBlanco Ricinus salicinusHassk. Spathiostemon salicinus(Hassk.) Hassk. Spathiostemon salicinus var. angustifoliusMiq.

Homonoia riparia is a species of flowering plant in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae . ^{[3] [5]}

Distribution

It is a mangrove species that is native to the Andaman Islands, Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, South-Central and Southeast China, Himalaya, Hainan, India, Indonesia, Java, Laos, the Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Guinea, the Nicobar Islands, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. ^[3] It is grows in wet soil near river banks and flooded plains. ^[6]

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. de Kok, R. (2024). "Homonoia riparia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2024: e.T176888A203232591. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-1.RLTS.T176888A203232591.en . Retrieved July 6, 2025.
3. "Homonoia riparia Lour". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved July 6, 2025.
4. "Homonoia riparia Lour. — the Plant List".
5. "Homonoia riparia Lour". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved July 6, 2025.
6. "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.
• Yaoxue Xuebao (ISSN:0513-4870) is a monthly peer-reviewed scopus-indexed journal from 1960, from 1962 to 1966, from 1979 to Present.