Tridhara / Antique Spurge
Euphorbia antiquorum
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh & more
- Flowering
- December-April
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Euphorbia antiquorum
- Genus
- Euphorbia
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Scrub jungles, foothills of deciduous forests
- Native to
- India, Sri Lanka
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Telangana, Arunachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- December-April
- 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 Tridhara 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 Tridhara itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- त्रिधार Tridhara, वज्र कंटक Vajrakantaka
- Bengali
- Tiktasij
- Tamil
- சதுரக்கள்ளி chaturakalli, கள்ளி kalli, கண்டீரவம் Kantiravam
- Telugu
- బొమ్మజెముడు bommajemudu, బొంతజెముడు bontha jemudu, bontha kl
- Kannada
- ಮುಂಡುಕಳ್ಳಿ Mundukalli, ಮುಂಡಗಳ್ಳಿ Mundugalli, ಮುಂಡುಗಳ್ಳಿ Mundugalli
- Malayalam
- Chaturakkalli, ചതുരക്കള്ളി
- Marathi
- Narasya
About Tridhara
A member of the Euphorbiaceae family, Antique spurge (Euphorbia antiquorum) is a tree. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and 7 other states. It grows in scrub jungles, foothills of deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from December to April.
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Tridhara belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
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