Thor / Leafless Milk Hedge
Euphorbia caducifolia
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, Gujarat, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- January-May
How to identify Thor
Identify Thor by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Nearly leafless spiny succulent stems.
- Confirm leaf margin: Entire (smooth edge).
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: Green.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: January-May.
- In India, compare location records such as Rajasthan, Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra and nearby regions.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Euphorbia caducifolia
- Genus
- Euphorbia
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Distribution
- India
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- January-May
- 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 Thor 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 Thor itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- थोर Thor, डंडा थोर Danda-thor
About Thor
Leafless Milk Hedge (Euphorbia caducifolia) is a shrub in the Euphorbiaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Rajasthan, Gujarat, Karnataka and 5 other states. Flowering and fruiting run from January to May.
Uses
In practice it is planted as an ornamental.
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Thor belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
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