Pascuita
Euphorbia leucocephala
- Found in India
- Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan & more
How to identify Pascuita
Identify Pascuita 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: Masses of small white bracts (pascuita).
- Confirm leaf margin: Entire (smooth edge).
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In India, compare location records such as Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Nagaland.
- Confirm it sits within the Euphorbiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Pascuita.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Euphorbia leucocephala
- Genus
- Euphorbia
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Found in India
- Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Nagaland
- 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 Pascuita itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Pascuita itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Pascuita
Pascuita (Euphorbia leucocephala) belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and 1 other states.
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Pascuita belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
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