Eranda Kul
Croton laccifer
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- April-August
How to identify Eranda Kul
Identify Eranda Kul 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: Toothed (serrate/dentate edge).
- Confirm leaf surface: Pubescent (softly hairy).
- Confirm flower colour: Green.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: April-August.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Euphorbiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Eranda Kul.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Croton laccifer
- Genus
- Croton
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Shola forests bodering grasslands and semi-Evergreen forests
- Native to
- India, Sri Lanka
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Siam
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Gujarat, Assam, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Meghalaya, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Goa, Chhattisgarh, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Punjab, Jammu & Kashmir, Haryana, Sikkim, Puducherry, Jharkhand, Chandigarh, Nagaland, Tripura, Manipur, Ladakh, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu
- Flowering & fruiting
- April-August
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf margin
- Toothed (serrate/dentate edge)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Eranda Kul 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 Eranda Kul itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- തേപ്പാടി, യൂഫോർബിയേസീ
- Hindi
- एरण्ड कुल eranda kul
- Tamil
- ஆமணக்குக் குடும்பம்
- Telugu
- యుఫోర్బియేసి
About Eranda Kul
Croton laccifer belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family, where it grows as a tree. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka and 33 other states. It grows in shola forests bodering grasslands and semi-Evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from April to August.
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Eranda Kul belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
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