Excoecaria crenulata Wight

 
  • Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Euphorbiaceae
  • Species : Excoecaria crenulata
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Excoecaria oppositifolia var. crenulata (Wight) Chakrab. & M.Gangop.
  • Collection Nos : KFP 12283, CJS 16850; HJCB-159
  • Collector(s) Name : S.R. Ramesh; Saldanha; Sringeswara, Arun Singh, Navendu Page, Imran Baig & Sankara Rao
  • Endemism : South India
  • Key identification features : Capsule pendulous, three lobed.
  • Habit : Tree
  • Native : India, Sri Lanka
  • Comments : Exudes copious Milky latex while blazed and dredded by locals. These are confined to Shola forests in South Indian hills.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Collection Locality : Vanagur (Hassan); Mercara or Madikeri(Kodagu region); Jenkalbetta (Hassan)
  • Distribution Locality : Hassan, Kodagu
  • Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Saldanha, 1996

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