• Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
  (Spurge Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : AMLA FAMILY (आँवला फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : EUPHORBIACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Euphorbia ligularia Roxb. ex Buch.-Ham
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Euphorbia neriifolia L.
• Vernacular name : Snuhee (Sanskrit); Kalli gida (Kannada); Sigu, Siva (Oria); Pattonscend, Sehund, Thohar (Hindi); Akujamudu (Telugu)
• Habit : Shrub
• Comments / notes : Grown as hedge plant
• Key identification features : Milky latex, inflorescence unique (Cyathium)
• Flower, Fruit : December-April
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : East Godavari district, Kurnool district, Srikakulam district
  • Odisha : Puri district, Khurda district, Ganjam district, Bargarh district
• World Distribution : India, Myanmar, Malay Islands, Pakistan
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi district; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; Sudhakar Reddy, C et al., 2009. Tree Wealth of Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Euphorbia neriifolia. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.

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