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
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Cleistanthus patulus (Roxb.) Müll.Arg. 
