Excoecaria agallocha L.

 
  • Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Euphorbiaceae
  • Species : Excoecaria agallocha
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Excoecaria agallocha L.
  • Common name : Blinding Tree
  • Vernacular name : Thilla, Haro gida (Kan.); Gangwa (Hin.)
  • Collection Nos : KFP 1174, KFP 1386, Cramer 4670
  • Key identification features : A mangrove and littoral tree; Bark lenticeled; male flowers small, yellowish green, fragrant.
  • Habit : Tree
  • Native : India, Pacific Isles
  • Comments : A sacred tree; Wood has high calorific value-used as fuel; latex is poisonous, when fallen on eye will damage the vision, and hence called 'Blinding Tree'.
  • Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
  • Distribution Locality : Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Uttara Kannada
  • Floras referred : Saldanha, 1996; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi

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