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Euphorbia tirucalli
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Family:
EUPHORBIACEAE
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Citation: Euphorbia tirucalli L., Sp. Pl. 452. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 254. 1887; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1276(893). 1925; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 257. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 366. 1984; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 284. 1999; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 446. 2005; N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Fam. Euphorbiaceae India 277. 2007; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 631. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 738. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Guda, Katerumakkali, Kolkalli, Kodikalli, Pasam, Thirukkalli
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Indian tree spurge, Milk bush, Pencil Bush
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Description:
Shrubs; branchlets terete, succulent, articulated. Leaves deciduous, 5-10 mm long, linear-oblong, base cuneate, apex obtuse to subacute. Cyathia clustered in the forks of the branchlets, shortly pedicelled, mostly female. Involucre campanulate; glands 3-5, transversely oval, peltate, lobes short, hairy; appendage 0. Male florets bracteolate, bracteoles laciniate at tip. Styles short, recurved, 2-lobed. Capsule 5 mm, globose, cocci compressed, velvety. Seeds ovoid, smooth.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-April
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District(s):
Alappuzha, Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Kozhikkode, Wayanad, Thrissur, Palakkad, Malappuram
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Dry deciduous forests, also in the plains
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Distribution:
Paleotropics
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Chinnar, Neerkunnam
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