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Euphorbia nivulia
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Family:
EUPHORBIACEAE
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Citation: Euphorbia nivulia Buch.-Ham., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 14: 286. 1824; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 255. 1887; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1277(893). 1925; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 403. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 289. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 446. 2005; N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Fam. Euphorbiaceae India 276. 2007; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 630. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 737. 2009.
Euphorbia neriifolia sensu Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 255. 1887, non L. 1753; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1277(893). 1925; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 256. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 366. 1984.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Elakkalli, Ilakalli, Kallippala
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Common milk hedge, Indian Spurge Tree
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Description:
Large erect, fleshy deciduous, shrubs; branches terete; spines straight, 3-6 mm long, paired on flat corky base. Leaves alternate, sessile, 7-18 x 3-6.5 cm, oblanceolate-oblong or obovate, base cuneate, apex obtuse, fleshy. Cyathia usually paired, in subterminal cymes. Involucre broadly cupular, yellow; lobes fimbriate; glands 5, transversely oblong, fleshy, appendage absent. Male flowers with sterile florets, bracteolate. Female florets laterally pendulous. Style stout, branched above; stigmatic lobes flattened and slightly expanded. Capsule c. 5 mm across, 3-lobed. Seeds 4-angular, smooth.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-April
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District(s):
Palakkad, Alappuzha, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Kozhikkode, Thrissur, Wayanad, Idukki, Kannur, Malappuram
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Rocky hills in moist and dry deciduous forests
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Distribution:
India and Myanmar
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Red, Yellow
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
100-500
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Localities:
Vazhachal, Vengoli, Chengannur
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