Euphorbia antiquorum L.

 
  • Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Euphorbiaceae
  • Species : Euphorbia antiquorum
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Euphorbia antiquorum L.
  • Common name : Triangular spruge
  • Vernacular name : Vajrakantakah, Tridhara (San.); Tidhara (Hin.); Chandra galli, Mundu galli (Kan.)
  • Collection Nos : CJS 11514
  • Key identification features : A laticiferous cladodous succulent plant that grows up to 5 m high. Stems are about 3-4 winged, aphyllous, bearing sharp spines. Flowers are in cyathia, stamens red. Fruit a schizocarp, 2-3 valved.
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Native : Indo-Malayan
  • Comments : Branches yield acrid milky juice (latex).
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Bangalore, Belgaum, Bijapur, Chitradurga, Davanagere, Dharwad, Mysore, Raichur, Tumkur, Uttara Kannada
  • Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Saldanha, 1996; Gowda, 2004 - Sringeri; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Bangalore; Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere

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