Caribbean Copper Plant
Euphorbia cotinifolia
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Mizoram, Uttarakhand & more
How to identify Caribbean Copper Plant
Identify Caribbean Copper Plant by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Purple-red foliage (Caribbean copper plant).
- Confirm leaf margin: Entire (smooth edge).
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: Green.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Mizoram, Uttarakhand, Assam and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Euphorbiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Caribbean Copper Plant.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Euphorbia cotinifolia
- Genus
- Euphorbia
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Mizoram, Uttarakhand, Assam, Kerala, Maharashtra, Arunachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Manipur, Nagaland, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal
- 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 Caribbean Copper Plant 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 Caribbean Copper Plant itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Caribbean Copper Plant
Caribbean Copper Plant (Euphorbia cotinifolia) is a species in the Euphorbiaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Mizoram, Uttarakhand and 12 other states.
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Caribbean Copper Plant belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
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