- Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
(Spurge Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : AMLA FAMILY (आँवला फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Euphorbiaceae
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Euphorbia tirucalli L.
- Common name : Milk hedge, Indian tree Spurge, Milk bush, Pencil Bush
- Vernacular name :
- Sehud, Konpal sehud (Hindi)
- Kolu galli, Korkalli gida, Bottukalli gida (Kannada)
- Thirukkalli (Tamil)
- Kharseju, Jadengachha, Hadabonga, Dangulisiju (Oria)
- Chemudu, Kadajamudu, Tirukalli (Telugu)
- Guda, Katerumakkali, Kolkalli, Kodikalli, Pasam, Thirukkalli (Malayalam)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Open dry places
- Comments / notes : Often on foothills to 800m, grown as hedge plant
- Flower, Fruit : June-October
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Throughout Andhra Pradesh
- Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Vijayapura (Bijapur) district, Chitradurga district, Davanagare district, Dharwad district, Hassan district, Mysuru district
- Kerala : Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Alappuzha district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district
- Odisha : Throughout Odisha
- Tamil Nadu : Throughout Tamil Nadu
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Native : Africa
- World Distribution : Old World tropics
- Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
- Literature :
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1.
- Sudhakar Reddy, C et al., 2009. Tree Wealth of Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India
- Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan district
- Saldanha, C.J. (1996). Flora of Karnataka vol. 2. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi
- Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 – Flora of Bangalore district
- Seetharam et al., 2000 – Flora of Gulbarga district
- Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District
- Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg District
- Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere district
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Euphorbia tirucalli. Downloaded on 15 October 2024.
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