Euphorbia tirucalli L.

 
  • Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Euphorbiaceae
  • Species : Euphorbia tirucalli
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Euphorbia tirucalli L.
  • Common name : Milk hedge
  • Vernacular name : Kolu galli, Korkalli gida, Bottukalli gida (Kan.); Sehud (Hin.)
  • Collection Nos : KFP 3609, KFP 7241
  • Key identification features : Moderate-sized unarmed succulents. Branches are terete. Leaves few, small, linear-oblong, early cauducous. Inflorescence unique (Cyathium). Flowers are very small greenish, clustered in forks of branches.
  • Habit : Tree
  • Native : Africa
  • Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
  • Distribution Locality : Bangalore, Bijapur, Chitradurga, Davanagere, Dharwad, Hassan, Mysore
  • Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Saldanha, 1996; 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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