Titli Phool / Fire On The Mountain
Euphorbia cyathophora
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Telangana, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- June-January
How to identify Titli Phool
Identify Titli Phool by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Leaf bases flushed bright red (fire on the mountain).
- Confirm leaf margin: Lobed.
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: Red.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: June-January.
- In India, compare location records such as Telangana, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand and nearby regions.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Euphorbia cyathophora
- Genus
- Euphorbia
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Grown in gardens
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Native to
- Greater antilles, Eastern U.S.A and Mexico
- Distribution
- Cultivated in tropics
- Found in India
- Telangana, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Puducherry, Andhra Pradesh, Chandigarh, Gujarat, Kerala, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- June-January
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf margin
- LobedrecordedThe edge is divided into rounded or pointed sections that don't reach the midrib.“It has green stems with leaves that are oblanceolate with lobed margins.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Titli Phool itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Redrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Titli Phool itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- तितली फूल Titli phool
About Titli Phool
Fire on the mountain (Euphorbia cyathophora) is a herb in the Euphorbiaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Telangana, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and 10 other states. It is grown in gardens. Flowering and fruiting run from June to January.
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Titli Phool belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
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