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Euphorbia tortilis
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Family:
EUPHORBIACEAE
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Citation: Euphorbia tortilis Rottl. ex Ainslie, Mat. Ind. 2: 424. 1826; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 256. 1887; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1277(894). 1925; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 284. 1999; N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Fam. Euphorbiaceae India 277. 2007.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Murukalli
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Armed thick fleshy shrubs to trees, stem spirally twisted, 3 angled, spines to 1 cm. Leaves small, deciduous. Cyathia axillary, in clusters; peduncles 0.5 cm; involucre cupular, 3 x 5 mm; glands 5, thick; male flowers in groups of 5; stalk 1.5 mm; female flowers-laterally pendulous; ovary 3 x 7 mm, sharply 3-angled. Capsule 8 mm across.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
June-August
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Dry deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Peninsular India and Sri Lanka
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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:
No
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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:
Athiyodai
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