Chandigarh Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Chandigarh (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Euphorbiaceae | Genus: Euphorbia | Species: Euphorbia cotinifolia Linn. |
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| Synonym | Aklema cotinifolia (Linn.) Millsp., Alectoroctonum yavalquahuitl Schltdl. | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Caribbean Copper Plant | Flower Type | Solitary |
| English / Trade Name | Mexican Shrubby Spurge, Red Spurge, Smoketree spurge, Tropical smoke bush, Caribbean copper plan | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Fruiting Period | July-Sept | |
| Altitude | Up to 500 m | Fruit Type | Capsule |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | Capsule, brown in colour. |
| Habitat | Ornamental or feature plant, mixed border, rock Garden or Wall. Usually tropical in nature. | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | Native to Central America, South America | Bark Details | Bark light gray and smooth, and if cut, will exude milky latex that may be a skin irritant. |
| Distribution in chandigarh | Sector 10 | Origin | Exotic |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Ovate | ||
| Description of Species | Shrubs or small trees, 3-4 m high, unarmed; stems branched, terete, pinkish to reddish purple. Bark light gray and smooth, and if cut, will exude milky latex that may be a skin irritant. Leaves opposite or ternate, ovate to orbiculate, rounded at base, entire, subacute; petioles reddish, sparsely hairy. Flower a cyathiaum, terminal, solitary or in elongated dichasia, yellowish cream; peduncles hairy; bracts triangular to linear, involucre cupular, turbinate; lobes broadly oblong, laciniate; glands 4 – 6, transversely oblong, greenish yellow; Male florets: pedicels; anthers subglobose; bracteoles linear, laciniate. Female floret: gynophore sparsely hairy; ovary trigonous, glabrous; styles 3, stigma capitate. Fruits broadly ovoid, trigonous, sparsely hairy; seeds ovoid, pitted or warted, ecarunculate. | Leaf Details | Leaves opposite or ternate, ovate to orbiculate, rounded at base, entire, subacute; petioles reddish, sparsely hairy. |
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