Eranda Kul / Devil's Goad
Croton roxburghii
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- February-December
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: February-December.
- 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 roxburghii
- Genus
- Croton
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Scrub forests, also in the plains
- Distribution
- India, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, China
- 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
- February-December
- 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
- Hindi
- एरण्ड कुल eranda kul
- Tamil
- ஆமணக்குக் குடும்பம்
- Telugu
- యుఫోర్బియేసి
- Malayalam
- യൂഫോർബിയേസീ
About Eranda Kul
Devil's Goad (Croton roxburghii) 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 scrub forests, also in the plains. Flowering and fruiting run from February to December.
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Eranda Kul belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
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