About antique spurge
Euphorbia antiquorum, known as antique spurge and "Euphorbia of the Ancients", is a species of succulent plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. It is widespread throughout peninsular India, but its wild origin is obscure. Escaped or naturalized and widely cultivated in neighbouring regions, such as Burma, China, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Thailand, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam, and in many tropical zones worldwide. The juice of this plant is a potent ingredient for a mixture of wall plaster, according to the Samarāṅgaṇa Sūtradhāra, which is a Sanskrit treatise dealing with Śilpaśāstra (Hindu science of art and construction). This species is the type species of the genus Euphorbia.
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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
- Flowering & fruiting
- December-April
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
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
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
antique spurge belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
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