Euphorbia indica
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Euphorbia indica
Identify Euphorbia indica 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.
- Confirm leaf margin: Entire (smooth edge).
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: Green.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Euphorbiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Euphorbia indica.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Euphorbia indica
- Genus
- Euphorbia
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous forests, plains and agricultral fields
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- Tropics
- Found in India
- Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Punjab, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- 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 Euphorbia indica 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 Euphorbia indica itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Euphorbia indica
Euphorbia indica is a herb in the Euphorbiaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and 12 other states. It grows in moist deciduous forests, plains and agricultral fields. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Euphorbiaceae
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Euphorbia indica belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
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