Foliar Features Reflecting Phenotypic Plasticity in <i>Croton Bonplandianum</i> Baill. (Euphorbiaceae) from Kerala - An Overview

Arundhathi Surendran; Remya Krishnan; Venugopalan Nair Saradhamma Anil Kumar

doi:10.36808/if/2026/v152i1/170372

Foliar Features Reflecting Phenotypic Plasticity in Croton Bonplandianum Baill. (Euphorbiaceae) from Kerala - An Overview

Authors

Arundhathi Surendran Department of Botany, Mahathma Gandhi College (Research Centre), Thiruvananthapuram - 695004. Kerala
Remya Krishnan Department of Botany, Mahathma Gandhi College (Research Centre), Thiruvananthapuram - 695004. Kerala
Venugopalan Nair Saradhamma Anil Kumar Government College, Kasaragod, 671123, Kerala,

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36808/if/2026/v152i1/170372

Keywords:

Plant traits, Morphology, Taxonomic comparison

Abstract

The study focusses on the morpho-variations exhibited by Croton bonplandianum collected from different geographical regions of Kerala. Various traits like plant height, leaf dimensions and shape, length of inflorescence, and size of fruits have been considered for comparison and analyzed using ANOVA. Except for fruit traits, all other characters exhibited considerable morphological variations. Further, these variable traits posed ambiguity in the taxonomic identity of the taxon at first glance.

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