Sapium insigne (Royle) Benth. & Hook.f.

 
  • Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Euphorbiaceae
  • Species : Sapium insigne
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Falconeria insignis Royle
  • Vernacular name : Kannu pade (Kan.); Lendwa (Hin.)
  • Collection Nos : KFP 6128, KFP 12570
  • Key identification features : Plants with abundance of acrid milxy juice/ latex. Leaves crowded at branchlet ends, often with glandular margins.
  • Habit : Tree
  • Native : India, Sri Lanka
  • Comments : Yields milky latex which is poisonous.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Dakshina Kannada, Kodagu, Shimoga, Udupi, Uttara Kannada
  • Floras referred : Saldanha, 1996; Gowda, 2004 - Sringeri; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi

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