Dalfodi / Bishop Wood
Breynia retusa
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Kerala & more
- Flowering
- February-December
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Breynia retusa
- Genus
- Breynia
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Semi-evergreen and dry deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Myanmar, Bangladesh
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Assam, Meghalaya, Goa, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Nagaland, Odisha, Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Sikkim, Telangana, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- February-December
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf margin
- Entire (smooth edge)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Dalfodi itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- GreenrecordedGreen or greenish
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Dalfodi itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Nepali
- सानों नुन ढिकी Sano Nun Dhiki
- Kannada
- ಅಸನ Asana, ಬಿಳೀಸುಲಿ Bilisuli, ಗೋಜೆ Goje
- Malayalam
- പെരുംനിരൂരി Perunniruri, പെരുംനിരൂരി, Breynia retusa
- Marathi
- डाळफोडी Dalfodi, कंगळी Kangali, डाळफोडी
About Dalfodi
Bishop Wood (Breynia retusa) belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family, where it grows as a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and 14 other states. It grows in semi-evergreen and dry deciduous forests, also in the plains. Flowering and fruiting run from February to December.
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Dalfodi belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
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