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Species of flowering plant

Paracroton pendulus

Paracroton pendulus subsp. zeylanicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Euphorbiaceae
Genus:	Paracroton
Species:	P. pendulus
Binomial name
*Paracroton pendulus* (Hassk.) Miq.
Synonyms
Blumeodendron muelleri Kurz Croton pendulus Hassk. Fahrenheitia collina Rchb. & Zoll. ex Müll.Arg. Fahrenheitia pendula (Hassk.) Airy Shaw Ostodes collina (Rchb. & Zoll. ex Müll.Arg.) Pax Ostodes macrophylla (Müll.Arg.) Benth. & Hook.f. Ostodes pendula (Hassk.) A.Meeuse Ostodes serratocrenata Merr. Paracroton pendulus subsp. pendulus Trigonostemon macrophyllus (Müll.Arg.) Müll.Arg. Tritaxis macrophylla Müll.Arg.

Paracroton pendulus is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae that is endemic to Western Ghats of India and Sri Lanka.

Description

Leaves - simple, alternate; lamina elliptic to oblanceolate; apex acuminate; margin serrate.
Flowers - unisexual flowers are dioecious. inflorescence is panicled pendulous racemes.
Fruits - globose brownish tomentose capsule.
Uses - timber, medicine. red sap is known to have irritating ability.

Taxon identifiers
Paracroton pendulus	Wikidata: Q15369716 CoL: 4CRN8 EoL: 1153381 GBIF: 3072515 iNaturalist: 427320 IPNI: 353231-1 IRMNG: 10806357 IUCN: 135805578 NCBI: 2306783 Open Tree of Life: 3913258 Plant List: kew-147431 POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:353231-1 Tropicos: 50257656 WFO: wfo-0000264349

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