Cleistanthus patulus, Lance leaved discosus feather foil, Jeguru

Cleistanthus patulus (Roxb.) Müll.Arg.
Family: Phyllanthaceae

Synonyms: Amanoa indica Wight , Amanoa indica f. minor Thwaites, Amanoa patula (Roxb.) Thwaites , Bridelia patula (Roxb.) Hook. & Arn., Clutia patula Roxb., Kaluhaburunghos patulus (Roxb.) Kuntze, Lebidiera patula (Roxb.) Müll.Arg.

• Engilish: Lance leaved discosus feather foil
• Telugu: Jeguru జేగురు

Description: Deciduous tree, 2-3m tall; branches horizontal. Leaves alternate; lamina 10-12 × 2-3cm ovate-lanceolate, acute at both ends; entire, glabrous, thick. Flowers unisexual, 0.4-0.6 cm across, yellowish-green in axillary few flowered clusters. Sepals and petals 5 each, disk cup like in male and female flowers. Stamens 5; filaments connate up to half their length, topped with rudimentary ovary, extrorse. Carpels 3, ovary 3 -celled; ovules 2 in each cell; styles 3, bifid at apex.  Capsule brown, 1-1.5 cm in diam., 3 lobed, 3 gonous. Seeds globose, black.

Habitat & location: Rare. Found in the hill side forest. Photographed at Rapur-Chitvel ghat., A.P., India

Publications of Cleistanthus patulus

1. CLEISTANTHOSIDE-B, A DIPHYLLIN GLYCOSIDE FROM CLEISTANTHUS-PATULUS HEARTWOOD By: SASTRY, KV; RAO, EV; BUCHANAN, JG; et al. PHYTOCHEMISTRY  Volume: 26   Issue: 4   Pages: 1153-1154   Published: 1987

2. TETRA LOCULAR FRUITS IN CLEISTANTHUS-PATULUS EUPHORBIACEAE By: KUMARI G R Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India  Volume: 14   Issue: 1-4   Pages: 152-153   Published: 1972