Pop-Gun Seed
Bridelia tomentosa
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Meghalaya, West Bengal & more
How to identify Pop-Gun Seed
Identify Pop-Gun Seed by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a tree habit.
- Confirm leaf margin: Entire (smooth edge).
- Confirm leaf surface: Tomentose (woolly, matted hairs).
- Confirm flower colour: Green.
- In India, compare location records such as Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Meghalaya, West Bengal, Assam and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Euphorbiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Pop-Gun Seed.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Bridelia tomentosa
- Genus
- Bridelia
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Meghalaya, West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf margin
- Entire (smooth edge)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Tomentose (woolly, matted hairs)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Pop-Gun Seed 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 Pop-Gun Seed itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Pop-Gun Seed
A member of the Euphorbiaceae family, Pop-Gun Seed (Bridelia tomentosa) is a tree. In India it has been recorded in Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Meghalaya, West Bengal and 2 other states.
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Pop-Gun Seed belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
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