Excoecaria cochinchinensis Lour.

 
  • Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
    (Spurge Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : AMLA FAMILY (आँवला फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Euphorbiaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Antidesma bicolor Hassk.; Excoecaria bicolor (Hassk.) Zoll. ex Hassk.; Excoecaria bicolor var. orientalis (Pax & K.Hoffm.) Gagnep.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Excoecaria cochinchinensis Lour.
  • Common name : Chinese croton, Variegated Leaf
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Grown as garden plant
  • Flower, Fruit : October-April
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : Wayanad (Vythiri), All districts of Kerala
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • Native : China, Hainan, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
  • World Distribution : Widely cultivated as an ornamental
  • Literature :
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Excoecaria cochinchinensis. Downloaded on 12 November 2024.

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